Russell Hsiao, July 16 2019, China Brief from the Jamestown Foundation. https://jamestown.org/program/a-preliminary-survey-of-ccp-influence-operations-in-singapore/ Editor’s note: Our previous issue contained an article by Russell Hsiao that profiled institutions and methods employed by the […]Read More

Joshua Kurlantzick, July 29th 2019, Council on Foreign Relations blog https://www.cfr.org/blog/chinas-soft-and-sharp-power-strategies-southeast-asia-accelerating-are-they-having-impact In a recent analysis for the Jamestown Foundation, Russell Hsiao of the Global Taiwan Institute presented a thorough and compelling case […]Read More

Harper Neidig, August 1st 2019, The Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/455774-facebook-takes-down-saudi-linked-disinformation-network. Facebook’s Press Release –> https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/08/cib-uae-egypt-saudi-arabia/ Facebook said Thursday that it had removed an online disinformation campaign with ties to the Saudi government […]Read More

Lisa Kaplan, July 23rd 2019, Brookingshttps://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/07/23/four-steps-to-stop-the-spread-of-disinformation-online/ The public discussion of disinformation often focuses on targeted candidates, without recognizing that disinformation actually targets voters. In the case of elections, actors both foreign and domestic are […]Read More

Kate Starbird, 24 July 2019, Naturehttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02235-x Misconceptions about disinformation leave us vulnerable to manipulation online, says Kate Starbird. Earlier this month, the White House hosted a ‘Social Media Summit’ that […]Read More