Report: Iran-linked disinformation effort had personal touch Raphael Satter, Associated Press in the Washington Post, May 14th 2019 When an attractive young Middle Eastern woman contacted Saudi dissident Ali AlAhmed over Twitter last November, he was immediately suspicious. Deepfakes are coming. We’re not ready. Brian Klaas, Opinion, Washington Post, May 14th 2019 If 2016 was the […]Read More

New Report Shows How a Pro-Iran Group Spread Fake News Online Scott Shane and Ronen Bergman, May 14th 2019, New York Times Ali Al-Ahmed is a veteran critic of the Saudi government, so late last year he was not surprised to receive a Twitter message purporting to be from an Egyptian woman living in London […]Read More

Stan Sundel, Associate Editor for Terrorism and CounterterrorismGeorgetown Security Studies ReviewMay 12th 2019http://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2019/05/12/protecting-the-polls-from-russian-trolls-why-america-must-hack-back/ Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that the United States military conducted a cyberattack against an infamous Russian “troll factory,” designed to thwart their nefarious cyber activities during the 2018 midterm elections.[i] U.S. Cyber Command took down internet access of the […]Read More

Charlotte Graham-McLay and Adam SatarianoMay 12th 2019, New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/technology/ardern-macron-social-media-extremism.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand will attempt this week to use the terrorist attack that killed 51 Muslim worshipers in Christchurch mosques in March to demand that the biggest internet platforms do more to stamp out violent and extremist […]Read More