Dispatch from the Alliance for Securing Democracy Our Take ASD’s David Salvo commented on espionage allegations levelled against American Paul Whelan, for ABC News. Salvo joined a number of intelligence experts in analyzing the veracity of Russia’s claims. ASD’s Bret Schafer discussed Russian disinformation tactics in a New York Times report: “One of the things […]Read More

Weekly round-up of cognitive security-related articles from the New York Times. Fake News as ‘Moral Imperative’? Democrats’ Alabama Move Hints at Ugly 2020 Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, January 13th, 2019 The Russian media was having way too much fun last week. They were downright gleeful over new reports that a group of Democrats had used online […]Read More

Weekly round-up of cognitive security-related articles from the Washington Post. Israel says it can foil foreign election meddling amid scare Aron Heller, Washington Post, January 9th, 2019 Israel’s Shin Bet security service assured the public Wednesday it was well prepared to thwart any foreign intervention in the country’s upcoming elections, after its director warned such efforts were […]Read More

How campaigns can protect themselves from deepfakes, disinformation, and social media manipulation by Lisa Kaplan, Brookings Institution, January 10th, 2019 It is a time of great danger for American political campaigns and their staff as advances in digital technology have created extraordinary threats. There are deepfake videos that falsify information and distort reality, false news […]Read More