Chris Doten from the National Democratic Institute has recent blog entry on online disinformation.  A summary of his short post: Garbage in, garbage out – our democratic systems are dependent on the input of citizens, but when disinformation is also an input, the outputs of our processes can be deeply flawed – disinformation is about […]Read More

The Center for a New American Security released a report on China’s use of coercive economic measures.  The report offers prescriptive actions at the end.  An IPA summary is also offered.Read More

Twitter is sweeping out fake accounts like never before, putting user growth at risk Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July By Craig Timberg and Elizabeth Dwoskin, July 6 at 6:30 PM, Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter has sharply escalated its battle against fake and suspicious […]Read More

The Hewlett Foundation’s Madison Initiative focuses on strengthening the values, norms and institutions of U.S. democracy in a time of political polarization.  A summary is offered from of one of Hewlett Foundation’s reports, “Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation – a Review of the Scientific Literature.”Read More

Securing Democracy Dispatch – 2 July 2018 Alliance for Security Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the U.S. The Senate Intelligence Committee unanimously approved the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The bill contains measures to enhance election security and prevent interference from foreign adversaries. Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) said “in the […]Read More

  Alliance for Securing Democracy – Weekly Dispatch Facebook and Twitter attempt to improve political advertising on their platforms: Facebook announced steps to further increase the transparency of ads and Pages on its platform. Viewers will now be able to see the ads that a Page is running across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and partner networks, […]Read More

Last May, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published a five-country review of Russian election meddling and each country’s preparatory actions, the notable Russian interference and post-election responses. A worthwhile read. Please find the report here and a summary here.Read More

Harvard teamed up with the IRI and NDI to produce a ‘how to’ manual for international election officials.  This manual helps election officials prepare and respond to election meddling.  The report is here and the summary is here.  This summary is basic so read through the actual template to better appreciate.  Also, Harvard’s Belfer Center […]Read More

The Atlantic Council’s report highlights several things Western nations can implement to shore up defenses and even proactively address Russian election meddling.  The report is here and summary slides are here.Read More

A CSIS-held three-person panel highlighted their current research (published books) on the topic:  General Michael Hayden, Mr. Seth Jones and Ms. Heather Conley. The event is here and a summary is here.Read More