DisinfoDocket 24 October

DisinfoDocket curates influence operations-related academic research, news, events and job opportunities.

Highlights:

1. Oversight Board announces seven strategic priorities (Oversight Board, October)

WATCH: Social Media and Digital Diplomacy: A Conversation With Nick Clegg of Meta (Council on Foreign Relations, 22 October)

1. Platforms & Technology

1. Sharing Our Concerns With Canada’s Online News Act (Meta, 21 October)
2. TikTok's secret plans for an online shopping empire in the U.S. (Semafor, 20 October)
3. China-owned TikTok denies it could use location information to track U.S. users (CNBC, 21 October)
4. Sorry you went viral: TikTok’s explosive stardom has created a new kind of celebrity. But nothing goes viral like rage. (Washington Post, 21 October)
5. Big Tech Moves (Slightly) to the Right: Employee Contributions Show Silicon Valley’s Growing Embrace of Conservatives (The Information, 21 October)
6. What Don’t Adults Understand About Teenage Life Online? (NYT, 23 October)
7. Potential mass layoffs at Twitter could cripple content moderation, some experts say (ABC, 23 October)
8. Twitter Tumbles as US Weighs Security Reviews for Musk Deals (Bloomberg, 21 October)