Disinfo Docket 3 July

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Highlights

I've co-authored a piece for @techpolicypress with @justinhendrix on how @Meta tries to spin the findings of research that it sponsors and for which it provides proprietary data. It's a troubling situation:https://t.co/DsVcnxL94e

— Paul M. Barrett (@AuthorPMBarrett) July 2, 2024

1. “Disinformation is one problem among many in the information environment” – Interview with Alicia Wanless (EUvsDisinfo, 1 July)
2. The Politics of Social Media Research: We Shouldn’t Let Meta Spin the Studies It Sponsors (Tech Policy Press, 2 July)
3. The Supreme Court gives a green light to jawboning (Platformer, 27 June)
4. Decolonizing our minds might be the only detox we need (Coda Story, 28 June)

1. Academia & Research

1. How to reverse the alarming trend of health misinformation (APA, 1 July)
2. Exploring stroke discourse on Twitter through content and network analysis among Indian users (Nature, 2 July)
3. Catching Chameleons: Detecting Evolving Disinformation Generated using Large Language Models (arXiv, 26 June)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. 2023 Annual Report shows Board's Impact on Meta (Facebook Oversight Board, 27 June)
2. European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option (ABC, 1 July)

There is a rise in the use of deepfakes and AI-generated images to mislead audiences in the lead-up to some big elections this year. So here's a tutorial I made in January on how to spot them, how they are made, and real examples of their misuse👇https://t.co/8Tdwsc8PAo

— Benjamin Strick (@BenDoBrown) July 2, 2024

3. Russia & Ukraine

1. ‘You can’t breathe freely’ Conversations with locals reveal realities of life under Russian occupation in Ukraine’s Kherson region (Meduza, 2 July)
2. Poland to probe Russia-linked cyberattack on state news agency (Meduza, 1 July)