Fake news: How Lithuania’s ‘elves’ take on Russian trolls Michael Peel, Financial Times, February 4th, 2019 The article is linked above. Several highlights: – Lithuania’s defence ministry monitors how content is being shared via social media – I believe in the 21st century we have to be ready not only to fight in kinetic wars, […]Read More

Weekly round-up of cognitive security-related articles from the New York Times. Foreign Efforts to Influence 2018 U.S. Elections on Twitter ‘Limited’: Company Reuters in the New York Times, January 31st, 2019 Twitter Inc took down nearly 6,000 tweets during last November’s U.S. congressional elections, most of which were attempting to suppress the vote through intimidation or sharing […]Read More

Weekly round-up of cognitive security-related articles from the Washington Post. Twitter removed some accounts originating in Iran, Russia and Venezuela that targeted U.S. midterm election Tony Romm, Washington Post, January 31st, 2019 Twitter revealed Thursday that it had removed thousands of malicious accounts thought to have originated in Iran, Russia and Venezuela for spreading disinformation online, including […]Read More