Fact-Checkers vs. Hoax Peddlers: a Fake News Battle Ahead of Indonesia’s Election Reuters in the New York Times, April 10th, 2019 Armed with laptops, three dozen journalists and fact-checkers braced for battle before a live debate between Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his challenger, Prabowo Subianto. Spain Vows to Boost Cybersecurity, Fight Disinformation Associated Press […]Read More

Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump Michael Kranish, Washington Post, April 12th, 2019 After Bernie Sanders lost his presidential primary race against Hillary Clinton in 2016, a Twitter account called Red Louisiana News reached out to his supporters to help sway the general election. “Conscious Bernie Sanders supporters […]Read More

By Guy Rosen, VP of Integrity, and Tessa Lyons, Head of News Feed Integrity Since 2016, we have used a strategy called “remove, reduce, and inform” to manage problematic content across the Facebook family of apps. This involves removing content that violates our policies, reducing the spread of problematic content that does not violate our […]Read More

Our Take Together with the Bertelsmann Foundation, ASD will host a screening of the film, Harmony: Latvian Democracy at Russia’s Doorstep, on tomorrow, Tuesday, April 16th from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Landmark’s E Street Cinema in downtown Washington, D.C. A discussion featuring ASD Director Laura Rosenberger and Latvian Ambassador to the United States Andris […]Read More

Carol Morello, Washington Post, April 12th, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/state-department-to-take-a-step-into-the-digital-age-in-effort-to-counter-disinformation/2019/04/12/c333bd8c-1b46-44d9-a2be-83aa0c8e9114_story.html?utm_term=.33104d176370 The State Department has never been known for its communications savvy or deployment of cutting-edge technology in the service of diplomacy. Many employees still use BlackBerrys, and in an era when news spreads instantaneously on Twitter, it can take hours for the department’s public affairs office to […]Read More