Disinfo Docket 5 August

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Highlights

1. 5 lessons learned halfway through the global year of elections (The Hill, 3 August)
2. The curious case of Mayson Burch: In which posts from an obvious fake account go viral yet again (Conspirator Norteño, 2 August)
3. Why we fact check what we fact check (even if it seems really, really obvious) (Full Fact, 2 August)
4. Riots in the UK: online propagandists know how to work their audiences – this is what we are missing (The Conversation, 4 August)
5. Hacking Minds and Machines: Foreign Interference in the digital era (EUISS, 2 August)

1. 2024 Paris Olympics

1. Fact check: Fakes target the Paris Olympics (DW, 2 August)
2. Liz Truss, Musk and JK Rowling weigh in on Olympic boxing controversy to spread false anti-trans rhetoric (Independent, 3 August)
3. Misinformation, abuse and injustice: breaking down the Olympic boxing firestorm (The Conversation, 5 August)
4. Broadcasters fly in TikTokers and YouTubers to generate Olympic buzz (Financial Times, 3 August)

2. Platforms & Technology

1. Elon Musk engages with Tommy Robinson as social media warned over misinformation (Independent, 2 August)
2. OpenAI says it’s taking a ‘deliberate approach’ to releasing tools that can detect writing from ChatGPT (Tech Crunch, 4 August)
3. Many safety evaluations for AI models have significant limitations (Tech Crunch, 4 August)
4. Meta just launched the largest ‘open’ AI model in history (Innovation Aus, 4 August)
5. Justice Department sues TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children’s data (AP, 2 August)

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