In Indonesia, Facebook and Twitter Are ‘Buzzer’ Battlegrounds as Elections Loom Reuters in the New York Times, March 13th, 2019 Almost every day, “Janda”, a self-described Indonesian housewife with 2,000 […]Read More
#DisinfoWeek was a series of strategic dialogues focused on the global challenge of disinformation. The Atlantic Council, together with U.S. Missions and Embassies in Europe, hosted a series of events […]Read More
Laura Rosenberger and Thomas Morley, March 11th, 2019, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the U.S.https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/russias-promotion-of-illiberal-populism-tools-tactics-networks/ Understanding the rise of illiberal populism has been a focus of recent […]Read More
Chris Zappone, March 12, 2019, The Strategist https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-fighting-online-interference-the-first-line-of-defence-is-the-mind/ ‘Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests’, British statesman Lord Palmerston famously observed. Two centuries later, the […]Read More
Social Media are being weaponizedEconomist, March 14th, 2019https://www.economist.com/special-report/2019/03/16/preparing-for-conflicts-by-cyber-means When Latvia conducted its biggest-ever national military exercise last August, which mobilized more than 10,000 people, a group of researchers discovered that […]Read More
Our TakeIn a new paper, ASD Director Laura Rosenberger and Research Assistant Tom Morley show how the Russian government and its proxies nurture and shape illiberal populist movements as a […]Read More
The Department of Defense continued support for fundamental research by selecting 12 faculty investigators for awards through the fiscal year 2018 Minerva Research Initiative. Several of the winners:The Role of […]Read More
‘Sealioning’ is a common trolling tactic on social media – what is it? Marshall Shepherd, March 7, 2019, Forbes magazinehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2019/03/07/sealioning-is-a-common-trolling-tactic-on-social-media-what-is-it/#710d87597a41 There are times in life that you know something when […]Read More
The next generation of repressive technology will make past efforts to spread propaganda and quash dissent look primitive.By Richard Fontaine and Kara Frederick, March 15, 2019, Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-autocrats-new-tool-kit-11552662637 Chinese authorities […]Read More
A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns from the Pell Center at Salve Regina University Sign up for the Active Measures Newsletter here. Top stories this week: Target: AmericaRussian Trools Shift […]Read More
