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 Political Agenda | Oksana Grytsenko & Oleskiy Sorokin | Kyiv Post
- Nord Stream 2: A Pipeline Dividing Europe? | Alan Riley | CEPA
- Theresa May Calls on Vladimir Putin to Halt ‘Irresponsible’ Activity Around the World | Edward Malnick | The Telegraph
- An Ecosystem of Mistrust and Disinformation | Alex Romero | Stop Fake
Platform News
- Israel’s AG is Investigating Collusion between Facebook & Netanyahu to Tilt Israel’s April 2019 Election Results. I’m the Whistleblower Involved | Itai Leshem | Medium
- What is Facebook’s Cryptocurrency and Why Does it Matter? | Carlos Roa | The National Interest
- The Technology 202: Social Media Companies Readying to Combat Disinformation in Democratic Debates | Cat Zakrzewski | The Washington Post
2020 Campaign
- Trolls Tried to Boost Yang and Williamson in Online Polls After the Debate | Ali Breland |Mother Jones
- Chilling New Birtherism Slam Suddenly Surges Against Kamala Harris on Social Media | Mary Papenfuss | The Huffington Post
- Want to See How Disinformation Could PLay out in 2020? Just Look Overseas | Ali Breland | Mother Jones
Chinese Disinformation
- China’s Propaganda Campaign in Sweden, 2018-2019 | B. Jerden & V. Bohman | Utrikespolitiska Intitutet
- The Disinformation Landscape in East Asia and Implications for U.S. Policy | Bo Julie Crowley, Casey Corcoran, & Raina Davis | Belfer Center, JFK School, Harvard
- Chinese Cybergroup Behind Kaohsiung Mayor’s Win Uncovered | Keoni Everington | Taiwan News
- Taiwan Braces for Pro-China Fake News Deluge as Presidential Elections Loom | Straits Times
Fighting Back
- Seeing Isn’t Believing: The Fact Checker’s Guide to Manipulated Video | Washington Post
- Scientists Claim Online Game ‘Vaccinates’ Players Against Fake News | Chloe Taylor | CNBC
- Google’s New Media Literacy Program Teaches Kids How to Spot Disinformation and Fake News | Sarah Perez | Tech Crunch
- The Existential Threat from Cyber-Enabled Information Warfare | Herbert Lin | The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Deepfake Detection Algorithms Will Never Be Enough | James Vincent | The Verge
- Freshman Members Form Bipartisan Task Force on Election Vulnerabilities Ahead of 2020 | Olivia Beavers | The Hill
Miscellaneous Attack News
Disinformation Campaigns Against London, Part I: 11 Identified Lines of Attack | Dan Kaszeta | Bellingcat
America’s Toxic Information Environment
- Drudge Report Linked to Russian Propaganda Sites Nearly 400 Times Since 2012 | Daily Beast
- White Supremacists Continue to Spread Hate on American Campuses | ADL
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