Commentary by Conrad Crane, June 14th 2019, War on the Rockshttps://warontherocks.com/2019/06/the-united-states-needs-an-information-warfare-command-a-historical-examination/ Recently, the House and Senate have been evaluating Defense Department plans to set up a new Space Force. However, without any fanfare, a more important structural reorganization might be underway. The mission statement of U.S. Army Cyber Command now reads that it “integrates and conducts full-spectrum cyberspace […]Read More

Elizabeth Dwoskin, June 13th 2019, Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/13/how-youtube-erased-history-its-battle-against-white-supremacy/ Its removal of thousands of videos and channels featuring Holocaust denial and Nazi ideologies offended a wide array of would-be supporters of its new hate-speech policy SAN FRANCISCO — Last week, YouTube launched a crackdown on white supremacists and purveyors of hoaxes. It took down thousands of […]Read More

Raphael Satter, June 13th 2019, Associated Presshttps://apnews.com/bc2f19097a4c4fffaa00de6770b8a60d LONDON (AP) — Katie Jones sure seemed plugged into Washington’s political scene. The 30-something redhead boasted a job at a top think tank and a who’s-who network of pundits and experts, from the centrist Brookings Institution to the right-wing Heritage Foundation. She was connected to a deputy assistant […]Read More

Prescriptions for Enhancing the Integrity and Independence of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and Beyond Michael McFaul as editor, Stanford UniversityJune 5th 2019https://news.stanford.edu/2019/06/05/strategies-secure-american-elections/ Scholars from Stanford University put forward a comprehensive strategy for what needs to be done to protect the integrity and independence of U.S. elections, with a keen focus on the upcoming presidential […]Read More

Ben Raderstorf and Michael Camilleri, June 2019https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/online-disinformation-in-the-united-states/ The 2016 presidential election in the United States was arguably the event that saw the issue of online disinformation erupt into the public consciousness. Indeed, research subsequently revealed that as many as 65 million Americans visited a disinformation website in the weeks leading up to 2016 election, and […]Read More

David A. Graham, June 7th 2019, The Atlantichttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/fake-news-republicans-democrats/591211/?utm_source=pocket-newtabc The rise of fake news in the American popular consciousness is one of the remarkable growth stories in recent years—a dizzying climb to make any Silicon Valley unicorn jealous. Just a few years ago, the phrase was meaningless. Today, according to a new Pew Research Center study, […]Read More

The Technology 202: New video editing technology raises disinformation worries Cat Zakrzewski, June 10th 2019, Washington Post A new algorithm developed by Stanford University engineers is putting the spotlight on advances in video editing that could make it more difficult to separate fact from fiction online. Americans think fake news is big problem, blame politicians […]Read More

The Making of a YouTube Radical Kevin Roose, June 8th 2019, New York Times Caleb Cain pulled a Glock pistol from his waistband, took out the magazine and casually tossed both onto the kitchen counter. Russian Disinformation on YouTube Draws Ads, Lacks Warning Labels-Researchers Reuters in the New York Times, June 7th 2019 Fourteen Russia-backed […]Read More

Our Take Political campaigns lack the necessary resources and expertise to defend against cyberattacks, ASD Director Laura Rosenberger said to the New York Times. The US-China “tech cold war” puts Europe in the middle, writes ASD Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman in Defense One. Huawei’s PR push shows the CCP has more tools than […]Read More

Russia Unhappy With HBO’s ‘Chernobyl,’ Russia is Planning Its Own Series — Blaming The CIA | Kyle Swenson  | Washington Post Pro-Kremlin Media Capitalize on NATO Soldier’s Blunder | Digital Forensics Research Lab Fake: Ukrainians Voting at Gunpoint | Disinfo Portal  Russia’s Manipulation of Twitter Was Far Vaster Than Believed | Tim Starks, Laurens Cerulus, & Mark […]Read More