Editor’s Note: The Senate this week is debating the content of the fiscal year (FY) 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an annual bill that authorizes programs and sets policy across the national security community. Among the more than 500 amendments proposed for floor consideration, a bipartisan amendment introduced by Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and...Read More
Addressing Pandemic Propaganda and Disinformation in Africa Notice of Funding Opportunity The Department of State Global Engagement Center (GEC) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) June 22 using funding from appropriations in the CARES Act to Address Pandemic Propaganda and Disinformation in Africa. GEC is seeking proposals for activities that address the following efforts...Read More
The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) will host a Virtual Fireside Chat on Friday, June 26, 2020 at 10 a.m. EDT on “Europe’s Counter-Disinformation Agenda: A Conversation with Vice President Věra Jourová.” Věra Jourová, Vice President for Values and Transparency at the European Commission, is leading the Commission’s response to Russian and Chinese disinformation campaigns...Read More
Editor’s Note: Putting politics aside, The Atlantic lays out for the public just how the Trump campaign adeptly used the Facebook advertising methodology to create a constant message to social media consumers. Successful Facebook advertising includes lots of image and marketing copy testing in order to find the subtle combinations that resonate. Most of the...Read More
Editor’s Note: The CipherBrief nails it (by way of The Soufan Center): “Without sufficient laws and accompanying strategies in place, the dissemination of disinformation, including the use of deepfakes, will continue unabated despite additional resources. The December 2017 U.S. National Security Strategy mentions disinformation just twice, while the European Union developed a strategy, codes of...Read More
Editor’s Note: Information Professionals Association (IPA) Vice President John Bicknell and Board Member Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon shared “The End of Information Warfare?” written by Zac Rogers of the Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security, and Governance at Flinders University of South Australia. Bicknell notes, “This thought provoking article begins...Read More
Editor’s note: Who hasn’t, in a moment of frustration or after long contemplation, thought about deleting your Facebook or other social media account and just be done with it? One thing holding you back might be all the photos or other items/postings you with to save. There’s a way to keep all that stuff without...Read More
Editor’s note: This is one example of what needs to be done to fight misinformation – highlighting the motivations of those who twist and edit statements to suit their motivations. It’s part of any political playbook and perhaps the divisive nature of our politics is inuring people to the threat misinformation poses to a functioning...Read More
The US Global Engagement Center (GEC) based at the State Department issued a Top 10 list of U.S. Government Research Topics on Countering Disinformation and Propaganda to help drive multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary research collaborations. The GEC worked with counter disinformation experts from the U.S. Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),...Read More
House Intelligence Committee Holds Virtual Open Hearing with Facebook, Google and Twitter on Foreign Influence, COVID-19, and Election Security The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) convened a virtual hearing Thursday, June 18 on Emerging Trends in Online Foreign Influence Operations: Social Media, COVID-19, and Election Security. This was the Committee’s second virtual hearing,...Read More
