A recent Atlantic Council event highlighted several aspects of: Election Interference: Emerging Norms of Digital Statecraft Atlantic Council, September 12, 2018 The Atlantic Council issue brief helps to better refine a “terms of reference” for foreign election interference.  The panel discussion (IPA SUMMARY HERE) offers further thinking on the topic.  The President’s recent Executive Order […]Read More

The Center for Strategic and International Studies held a panel discussion on September 10th, 2018: Countering Disinformation:  Interdisciplinary Lessons for Policy Makers The 90 minute event may be watched via YouTube.  Additionally, a quick summary is included here.Read More

Ipsos released a study on September 5th of over 19,000 people across 27 countries. Washington, DC, September 5, 2018 — A new Ipsos study of over 19,000 men and women across 27 countries , part of our long-running series on misperceptions of key social realities – The Perils of Perception – highlights how people think fake news, filter bubbles, and […]Read More

How Real News is Worse Than Fake News Too much information can lead to a cynical population that expects little from its leaders. Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opinion, September 5th, 2018 . . .   If you doubt that truth itself is the problem, just ask yourself: How much would it demoralize you to read the truth […]Read More

Securing Democracy Dispatch September 4, 2018 News and Commentary Efforts to secure the November midterms are still lagging: The Secure Elections Act, which seeks to improve the security of U.S. election systems, is currently stalled in the Senate. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), originally created in 2002 to oversee election integrity from the local […]Read More

A Facebook War:  Libyans Battle on the Streets and on Screens Declan Walsh and Suliman Ali Zway, New York Times, September 4th, 2018 Some highlights: Keyboard warriors spread disinformation and coordinate battlefield guidance … Facebook as a force multiplier … Libyan Facebook appears to host military-grade weapons being traded openly and human traffickers highlighting their […]Read More

On the Australian Government’s website, this joint legal statement from the governments of the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand helps to shape the discussion on personal rights and privacy and the role of encryption in protecting these rights. Read the statementRead More

Fake views – Googling the news Are Google searches biased in favor of left-leaning news outlets? Economist Print edition | United States | Aug 30th 2018 … Our analysis finds that, even after accounting for how popular their websites are, fewer articles from right-leaning outlets show up on Google. … built a model which incorporates data […]Read More

Election Interference: Emerging Norms of Digital Statecraft Atlantic Council, September 12th, 2018 The event will engage cybersecurity professionals, journalists and key stakeholders to discuss the development of norms around election influence and interference and lessons learned from the international community’s brief history with these new tools of statecraft. The panel will look into the future […]Read More

Putin’s Propaganda: Pushing Back Against Kremlin-Run Television September 11, 2018 – 3:00 pm Atlantic Council Putin’s regime has been accused of using politically motivated assassinations as a tool to silence and deter future defectors and political opposition.  Each assassination is accompanied by a web of false narratives, often transmitted by state-run media outlets.  Marina Litvinenko […]Read More