Kim Sengupta, The Independent, July 17th, 2019 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lithuania-elves-russia-election-tampering-online-cyber-crime-hackers-kremlin-a9008931.html When the dark acts of the trolls became particularly harmful, the Elves felt they had no choice but to get together and fight back, and the fierce battle which then began has since been waged with no sign of ending. Industrial-scale spreading of disinformation; manipulating elections; undermining […]Read More
Our Take It is imperative the United States secure forms of advanced technologies that underlie our economy and military, ASD Advisory Council member Michael Chertoff argues in an opinion piece for CNBC. Modern Russia is ideologically amorphous, ASD Media and Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer comments for PolitiFact’s project, which analyzes the Special Counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Establishing […]Read More
Unraveling Russian Disinformation Exclusive: The True Origins of the Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory. A Yahoo News Investigation | Michael Isikoff | Yahoo News The Evolution of a Russian Troll | Amy Mackinnon | Foreign Policy Revealed: The Explosive Secret Recording That Shows How Russia Tried To Funnel Millions To The “European Trump” | Alberto Nardelli | Buzzfeed Election Security As Feds […]Read More
Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News, July 9 2019. https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-the-true-origins-of-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-a-yahoo-news-investigation-100000831.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was gunned down by a squad of assassins working for Hillary Clinton, giving rise to a notorious conspiracy theory that captivated conservative activists and […]Read More
Kevin Collier, CNN, July 11th, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/politics/states-election-disinformation-education/index.html New York (CNN)As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, individual states are ramping up education efforts to counter the threat posed by foreign disinformation campaigns to US elections. A lack of action at the federal level has prompted many states to craft their own programs designed to counter foreign efforts […]Read More
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1910d96deaf6aa4310ebceabd39da011&tab=core&_cview=0 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) is hosting a “STO Industry Day” event on August 7 – 8, 2019, in the DARPA Conference Center, Arlington, Virginia. The purpose of the event is to (1) familiarize attendees with STO’s vision, problem spaces, program managers (PMs), and technology interests; and (2) […]Read More
News and Commentary Joint Staff report urges whole-of-government response to Russian malign influence: The United States still does not understand the scope of the Russian government’s aggression, including its use of disinformation, political influence, economic coercion, cyberattacks, and similar “gray zone” tools, according to a report released by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Jason Werchan of the U.S. […]Read More
Patrick Berlinquette, Opinion in the New York Times, July 7th 2019https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/opinion/google-ads.html Ad campaigns that manipulate searchers’ behavior are frighteningly easy for anyone to run. Kevin Hines had one thought as he plummeted toward the Pacific Ocean: I can change anything in my life except the fact that I just jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. “One […]Read More
Irina Ivanova, July 1st 2019, CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-details-efforts-to-prepare-for-2020-census-disinformation-elections-disruption/ Facebook plans to ban misinformation about the 2020 Census as well as a range of disruptive information about the elections. The company is also making a public, searchable database of all jobs and credit ads listed on its platform. The announcements come as part of a civil rights […]Read More
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