This week’s Dispatch from the Alliance for Securing Democracy. News and Commentary Platforms move against U.S. actors engaging in inauthentic social media behavior: Americans on both the left and the right have begun to mimic the Russian playbook by creating fake accounts on Facebook and Twitter to promote “falsehoods meant to mislead and inflame” in […]Read More

A New Cold Front in Russia’s Information War by Reid Standish, Dispatch – Foreign Policy Magazine, October 3, 2018 Russia may be interested in sowing distrust and divisions within its Nordic neighbor as shutting down any spying on its undersea activities.  Early in 2017, Frode Berg, a 62-year-old pensioner and former border guard from Norway, […]Read More

How to Fight Russian Infowar in Central Europe Defense One, by Radu Magdin, October 12, 2018 Traditional counter-propaganda techniques are decreasingly effective. The next steps will require focus, engagement, and new thinking. After years of low awareness and fragmented approaches, the West is finally coming to grips with Russia’s hybrid warfare in Eastern Europe. The […]Read More