Soft Power in a Sharp Power World: Countering Coercion and Information Warfare U.S. Institute of Peace Wednesday, November 28, 2018 9:00am – 10:00am A Bipartisan Congressional Dialogue with Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) Global adversaries, especially states like Russia, China and Iran, use sharp power tools of coercion, disinformation and proxy […]Read More

Media Literacy Starts Young: Strategies for Media Mentorship in the Early Years and Early Grades June 26, 2019 New America, 740 15th St NW, Washington DC, 20005 A pre-conference workshop hosted by New America as part of the biannual conference of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. There is no longer any doubt that […]Read More

Dispatch from the Alliance for Securing Democracy News and Commentary Our Take The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Bradley Hanlon and Samuel Riddell published “Disinformation at the Dinner Table,” a guide for discussing influence operations with skeptical family members over the holidays. New agency takes lead on cybersecurity while state officials struggle with election reform: The […]Read More

Disinformation at the Dinner Table Bradley Hanlon and Samuel Riddell from the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Over Thanksgiving, likely family conversation over “fake news”, disinformation or “election meddling” may be mentioned.  When someone says the term “fake news,” they probably disinformation, which is the deliberate spreading of false information in order to influence public opinion or […]Read More

From Facebook’s Newsroom – Hard Questions is a series from Facebook that addresses the impact of their products on society. These posts cover different facets of Facebook’s investigations into cyber threats and information operations. By Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer (Stamos is now an adjunct professor at Stanford University as of August 2018.) Deciding when and how to publicly […]Read More

Active Measures #13 – A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns Here are the top stories seen this week: Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020 | Bloomberg George Papadopoulos Spreading Disinformation to Australia | Chris Zappone | Sydney Morning Herald The Role of Russian NGOs in New […]Read More

Analyzing Russian Interference Operations Across Time and Space The Alliance for Securing Democracy discussed how Russia’s interference operations pose a national security threat to the United States and democracies across the transatlantic community.  ASD presented its initial findings from a new interactive tool that analyzes Russian interference operations over the past two decades. CLICK HERE […]Read More

Dispatch from the Alliance for Securing Democracy News and Commentary Our Take Bret Schafer, Social Media Analyst for ASD, published a report summarizing the findings from the first year of data from ASD’s Hamilton 68 Dashboard. Schafer examines Russia-linked information operations on Twitter from an operational and thematic perspective, and highlights “the tactics, techniques, and narratives used to influence […]Read More

Active Measures #12 – A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns Here are the top stories seen this week: Russians Impersonating U.S. State Department Aide in Hacking Campaign: Researchers | Christopher Bing | Reuters Delay, Deny, and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis | Sheera Frenkel, Nicholas Confessore, Cecilia King, Matthew Rosenberg, […]Read More

Trident Juncture and the Information Environment Jay Paxton, Chief of Public Affairs at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation https://www.nato.int/ Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 is taking place in Norway, the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea until 23 November.  Involving all 29 Allies, NATO’s largest exercise in the post-Cold War era aims to demonstrate the collective capabilities of […]Read More