Disinfo Docket 31 March
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Highlights
- US DNI Annual Threat Assessment (DNI, March)
- Trump suggests ‘methods’ exist for bid for unconstitutional third term (Washington Post, 31 March)
- ‘Incel’ accounts using self-improvement language to avoid TikTok bans – study (Guardian, 29 March)
1. Academia & Research
- Baiting the bot, part II: Customer Service: In which simple text generation bots and corporate customer service chatbots converse (Conspirator Norteño, 28 March)
2. Platforms & Technology
- British authors respond to ‘infuriating’ allegations Meta used books to train AI models (Independent, 30 March)
- Elon Musk says his AI company and X are merging (Washington Post, 28 March)
- The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account: Welcome to the 4chan administration. (The Atlantic, 28 March)
- Trump says TikTok sale deal to come before Saturday deadline (Reuters, 31 March)
- EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war (Politico, 31 March)
3. Asia & Australasia
- A female Donald Trump’: how Gina Rinehart is pushing the Maga message in Australia (Guardian, 30 March)
- Silenced nation: the unprecedented Facebook shutdown in PNG (Dev Policy, 28 March)
- Hackers target Taiwan with malware delivered via fake messaging apps (Recorded Future, 28 March)