The Alliance for Security Democracy posted their first of a three part series on Advanced Persistent Manipulators (APM). READ THE ARTICLE HERE by Clint Watts, a Distinguished Research Fellow at […]Read More
Selected Washington Post Articles – Week Ending February 20th, 2019 Nigeria in Battle against Fake News Ahead of Elections Rodney Muhumuza and Sam Olukoya, Associated Press in the Washington Post […]Read More
Selected New York Times Articles – Week Ending February 20th, 2019 Chinese and Iranian Hackers Renew Their Attacks on U.S. CompaniesNicole Perlroth, New York Times, February 18th, 2019Businesses and government […]Read More
Dispatch (February 19th) from the Alliance for Securing Democracy Our Take ASD’s Brad Hanlon and Tom Morley examined the hidden relationship between trendy, English-language social media programs on allegedly independent […]Read More
Russia is backing a viral video company aimed at American millennials By Donie O’Sullivan, Drew Griffin, Curt Devine and Atika Shubert, CNN, February 16, 2019 Three online video channels designed to […]Read More
A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns from the Pell Center at Salve Regina University Sign up for the Active Measures Newsletter here. Top stories for this week: […]Read More
Lithuania fears Russia will attempt to sway its elections Andrius Sytas, Reuters, February 5th 2019 VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s intelligence agencies fear Russia will interfere in its forthcoming elections, including […]Read More
Researchers create ‘malicious’ writing AI Dave Lee, BBC News, February 15, 2019 The article follows – see an example at the bottom of this post. A team of researchers who have built an artificially-intelligent writer say they are withholding the technology as […]Read More
Facebook Toughens Political Ad Policies in India Ahead of ElectionReuters on the New York Times, February 7th, 2019Facebook Inc is toughening up the rules governing political advertisements in India to […]Read More
Fake news threatens our businesses, not just our politics Matthew F. Ferraro and Jason C. Chipman, Outlook Section of the Washington Post, February 8th, 2019How trolls and profiteers use disinformation […]Read More
