Disinfo Docket 17 March

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Highlights

1. Imane Khelif gender row sparked by Russian fake news campaign, Olympics chief says (Independent, 15 March)
2. Common Good Cyber Launches a Cybersecurity Mapping Database to Help High-Risk Actors (PR Newswire, 13 March)
3. Trump tapped Kari Lake to run VOA. Then he dismantled it. (Washington Post, 16 March)

1. Academia & Research

1. Debunking COVID-19 vaccine misinformation with an audio drama in Ghana, a randomized control trial (Nature, 15 March)
2. The Battle Against Disinformation and Push for Digital Literacy in Sri Lanka (CSOH, 12 March)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram: Inside a Global Online Hate Network (ProPublica, 15 March)
2. TikTok workers who watched abusive and traumatic videos say they were fired after trying to unionise (Independent, 15 March)
3. Vice President Vance expects framework of TikTok deal by April 5 (Reuters, 14 March)
4. White House seriously considering deal from Oracle to run TikTok (Politico, 16 March)
5. ‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How tech experts keep their children safe online (Guardian, 16 March)
6. They helped start Twitter. They didn’t realize what it would become (CNN, 15 March)
7. Testing Begins for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram and Threads (Meta, 13 March)
8. House GOP subpoenas Big Tech for evidence that Biden made AI wokeThe ‘free speech’ investigation goes hunting at Apple, OpenAI, and 14 other companies. (The Verge, 14 March)
9. OpenAI and Musk agree to fast tracked trial over for-profit shift (Reuters, 15 March)
10. Court hearing reported to be Apple's appeal against UK order held in secret (Reuters, 14 March)