An app that algorithmically ‘undressed’ images of women was taken down by its creator, citing server overload and potential harms. Samantha Cole, June 27th 2019, Vice’s Motherboardhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qv7agw/deepnude-app-that-undresses-photos-of-women-takes-it-offline The creator of DeepNude, […]Read More

Russia’s Latest Russian Accounts Pushed Fake Rubio Tweet Warning of British Spy Threat to U.S. Elections | Donnie O’Sullivan | CNN Media Grab: Oligarchs, Pro-Russian Forces use TV to Push […]Read More

Kristine Berzina, Nad’a Kovalcikova, David Slvo, Etienne SoulaAlliance for Security Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the U.S.https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/the-asd-european-policy-blueprint-for-countering-authoritarian-interference-in-democracies/ In recent years, European democracy has been shaken by internal and external events. […]Read More

Reuters in the New York Times, June 22nd 2019https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/06/22/technology/22reuters-russia-disinformation.html?searchResultPosition=5 LONDON — In August 2018, Spanish authorities uncovered a plot by anti-Brexit campaigners to assassinate leading Brexiteer and now favorite to […]Read More

Reuters in the New York Times, June 24th 2019https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/06/24/technology/24reuters-media-fakenews-game.html?searchResultPosition=5 LONDON — An online game that allows people to deploy Twitter bots, photo-shop evidence and incite conspiracy theories has proven effective […]Read More

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/fact-checker/manipulated-video-guide/ The Internet is increasingly populated with false and misleading videos. These videos — spread by politicians, advocacy groups and everyday users — are viewed by millions. The Fact Checker […]Read More

Our Take Partisan politics stands in the way of implementing many commonsense measures to address foreign interference in U.S. democratic processes, ASD Deputy Director Dave Salvo argues in an op-ed for the Cleveland Plain […]Read More

EU Election Attacked Russia Sought to Use Social Media to Influence E.U. Vote, Report Finds | Adam Satariano | New York Times EU Says Russia Conducted “Sustained” Election Interference Campaign […]Read More

Dr. Neville Bolt and Leonie Haiden NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence June 9th 2019 https://www.stratcomcoe.org/improving-nato-strategic-communications-terminology THE PROJECT’S KEY OBJECTIVES ARE: Ensuring that the core terms and definitions are coherent […]Read More

Tina McCorkindale, Institute for Public Relations https://instituteforpr.org/ipr-disinformation-study/Report – https://instituteforpr.org/wp-content/uploads/Disinformation_Study_IPR-6-18.pdfSlides – https://instituteforpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019-IPR-Disinformation-Study.pdf Sixty-three percent of Americans view disinformation—or deliberately misleading or biased information—as a “major” problem in society, on par with […]Read More