https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1910d96deaf6aa4310ebceabd39da011&tab=core&_cview=0 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) is hosting a “STO Industry Day” event on August 7 – 8, 2019, in the DARPA Conference Center, […]Read More
News and Commentary Joint Staff report urges whole-of-government response to Russian malign influence: The United States still does not understand the scope of the Russian government’s aggression, including its use of disinformation, political […]Read More
Patrick Berlinquette, Opinion in the New York Times, July 7th 2019https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/opinion/google-ads.html Ad campaigns that manipulate searchers’ behavior are frighteningly easy for anyone to run. Kevin Hines had one thought as he […]Read More
Irina Ivanova, July 1st 2019, CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-details-efforts-to-prepare-for-2020-census-disinformation-elections-disruption/ Facebook plans to ban misinformation about the 2020 Census as well as a range of disruptive information about the elections. The company is […]Read More
Russia Russian Strategic Intentions | United States Department of Defense U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid | David E. Sanger & Nicole Perlroth | New York Times Libya Uncovers Alleged Russian Plot to […]Read More
Matt Apuzzo, New York Times, July 6th 2019https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/world/europe/europe-russian-disinformation-propaganda-elections.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage BRUSSELS — The European Union launched an ambitious effort earlier this year to combat election interference: an early-warning system that would sound […]Read More
Bryan Bender, June 30th 2019, Politicohttps://www.politico.eu/article/russia-outgunning-us-in-race-for-global-influence-pentagon-study/ The U.S. is ill-equipped to counter the increasingly brazen political warfare Russia is waging to undermine democracies, the Pentagon and independent strategists warn in […]Read More
Our Take Europe needs a continent-wide buy-in on a new strategic approach to tackling authoritarian interference, ASD argues in a comprehensive report that details European efforts to defend against such threats and identifies […]Read More
An app that algorithmically ‘undressed’ images of women was taken down by its creator, citing server overload and potential harms. Samantha Cole, June 27th 2019, Vice’s Motherboardhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qv7agw/deepnude-app-that-undresses-photos-of-women-takes-it-offline The creator of DeepNude, […]Read More
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 […]Read More