The Technology 202: New video editing technology raises disinformation worries Cat Zakrzewski, June 10th 2019, Washington Post A new algorithm developed by Stanford University engineers is putting the spotlight on […]Read More
The Making of a YouTube Radical Kevin Roose, June 8th 2019, New York Times Caleb Cain pulled a Glock pistol from his waistband, took out the magazine and casually tossed […]Read More
Our Take Political campaigns lack the necessary resources and expertise to defend against cyberattacks, ASD Director Laura Rosenberger said to the New York Times. The US-China “tech cold war” puts […]Read More
Russia Unhappy With HBO’s ‘Chernobyl,’ Russia is Planning Its Own Series — Blaming The CIA | Kyle Swenson | Washington Post Pro-Kremlin Media Capitalize on NATO Soldier’s Blunder | Digital Forensics Research […]Read More
Chris Zappone, May 31st 2019, The Agehttps://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/facebook-groups-used-to-promote-china-s-belt-and-road-in-the-west-20190530-p51slm.html The groups publicise stories around China’s plan for global economic integration while criticising the Western rule-based order, sometimes using Russian-backed media. The group […]Read More
Bethany Allen-Ebrahiniam and Zach Dorfman, May 20th 2019, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2019/05/china-has-been-running-global-influence-campaigns-years/157124/ Pro-China protests ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics were orchestrated by Chinese officials. The world thought they were a […]Read More
Cade Metz and Scott Blumenthal, June 7th 2019, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/07/technology/ai-text-disinformation.html In 2017, an online disinformation campaign spread against the “White Helmets,” claiming that the group of aid volunteers […]Read More
InfoAccessFund.Org is open for business. Organizations interested in countering state-sponsored disinformation are invited to apply for access to the website www.infoaccessfund.org in order to see the current Notice of Funding […]Read More
Pew Research Center, June 5th 2019Amy Mitchell, Jeffrey Gottfried, Sophia Fedeli, Galen Stocking and Mason Walkerhttps://www.journalism.org/2019/06/05/many-americans-say-made-up-news-is-a-critical-problem-that-needs-to-be-fixed/ Politicians viewed as major creators of it, but journalists seen as the ones who […]Read More
Kevin Roose and Kate Conger, June 5th 2019, New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/business/youtube-remove-extremist-videos.html?searchResultPosition=2&login=email&auth=login-email YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to remove thousands of videos and channels that advocate neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other […]Read More
