Editor’s Note: The Washington, DC ecosystem is abuzz with think tanks and policy makers looking into the threat of disinformation across the globe and seeking new techniques to counter foreign influence. Below is a round-up of recent developments of interest to IPA members. House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Requires DOD Report on how MISO supports Whole...Read More
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is seeking to fill gaps in the Intelligence Community’s capability to track foreign influence activities targeting the November 2020 U.S. elections on social media platforms. DHS I&A plans to award a contract in early August for up to three years to a contractor...Read More
UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION OPERATIONS WITH TWITTER DATA: A WORKSHOP SERIES On July 9, the Carnegie Partnership for Countering Influence Operations (PCIO) and Twitter launched a series of virtual workshops to grant exceptional researchers the opportunity to present their cutting-edge work on Information Operations (IO) datasets to a community of scholars and leading experts in IO. The...Read More
