Russia’s IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the U.S., 2012-2018 Philip N. Howard, Bharath Ganesh, Dimitra Liotsiou, John Kelly & Camille François, University of Oxford, Computational Propaganda Research Project REPORT HERE Plenty of journalism: Washington Post, LawFare, Fox News, NY Times, Xinhua, Wired, BBC News, Techcrunch, Sputnik News, France 24, and Deutsche Welle Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) […]Read More

Dispatch from the Alliance for Securing Democracy Our Take ASD’s Authoritarian Interference Tracker is now live! The Tracker catalogs over 400 incidents of Russian government interference in 42 countries since 2000. You can explore the tracker here. You can also watch ASD’s event that launched the tracker or read about ASD’s launch of the tracker […]Read More

Active Measures #16 – A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns Here are the top stories seen this week: Russia’s Disinformation Chief Takes Fresh Aim at America | Anna Nemtsova | The Daily Beast Cold War Propaganda Spread The Myth That Science Isn’t Political | Rachel Becker | The Verge Agents of Doubt | Joby […]Read More

Facebook responds to the Guardian on Fact-Checking Facebook’s newroom responded to an article in the Guardian on the effectiveness of their fact checking.  Both the article and Facebook’s response are worth a read: Sam Levin’s December 13th, 2018 article in the Guardian, ‘They don’t care’: Facebook factchecking in disarray as journalists push to cut ties. […]Read More

Twitter Transparency Report Twitter’s biannual report came out this week: Evolving our Twitter Transparency Report: Expanded Data and Insights The report, from Twitter, highlights trends in legal requests, intellectual property-related requests, Twitter Rules enforcement, platform manipulation, and email privacy best practices. The report also provides insight into whether or not they take action on these requests. […]Read More

Modern Political Warfare RAND Corporation’s Linda Robinson spoke on her April 2018 published and 350 page report, Modern Political Warfare, Current Practices and Possible Responses, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies last week. The audio from this event is here. IPA SUMMARY HERE. Linda Robinson is a Senior International / Defense Researcher at the RAND […]Read More

Dispatch from the Alliance for Securing Democracy Our Take ASD’s Authoritarian Interference Tracker is now live! The Tracker catalogs over 400 incidents of Russian government interference in 42 countries since 2000. You can explore the tracker here. You can also watch ASD’s event that launched the tracker here. ASD Director Laura Rosenberger discussed growing Russian […]Read More

Active Measures #15 – A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns Here are the top stories seen this week: A Mysterious Imposter Account Was Used On Facebook To Drum Up Support For The Migrant Caravan | Ken Bensinger & Karla Zabludovsky | Buzzfeed The “Yellow Jackets” Riots In France Are What Happens When Facebook Gets […]Read More

Image of Putin, Russia Suffers Internationally At same time, Russia seen as gaining influence on world stage The Pew Research Center’s Clark Letterman summarized the work.  Also covered by the  Washington Post.  Russian President Putin’s efforts to re-establish Russia as a consequential world power appear to have borne at least some fruit:  The prevailing view in a […]Read More

Guest post from Matt Armstrong – check out his website S.3654 and Accountability for the US Agency for Global Media There is a bill pending in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that would change the governance structure of the U.S. Agency on Global Media. While the bill is not perfect, it provides a necessary level […]Read More