Rolling Stone has a an article out (February 24th..sorry, somewhat delayed here) about the ethical issues swirling around ‘big tech’ and their decisions (or lack thereof) to police the spaces they create for the exchange of information.  Much has been written about the algorithmic propagation of misinformation on social media platforms which is why this...Read More

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has posted a recently released report (as a result of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request) delivered to the Department of Defense in October 2008 by the federal JASON science advisory group on technologies to detect deception, titled “Quest for Truth: Deception and Intent Detection,” as well as...Read More

Editor’s Note: Last Sunday, The Washington Post published a review for a book called The Delusion of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups by William J. Bernstein. While the review is couched with some discussion and reference to the Capitol riots on January 6, the book actually focuses on religious and financial manias (think...Read More

Brian Pierce, an Information Professionals Association (IPA) collaborator and visiting research scientist at the University of Maryland Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), published in Defense News this week on the need for a cognitive security proving ground for national security, where public and private partners can “work together in the holistic integration of...Read More

Harvard Business Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School, published a series of blog posts that focus on the science behind storytelling and its role in engaging, teaching, and influencing others. The authors, Lani Peterson, a psychologist, professional storyteller and executive coach, and Vanessa Boris, Senior Manager, Video Solutions at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning,...Read More

In his latest move to control the information environment in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has taken legal actions that could force the closure of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Moscow bureau, according to a new piece in The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor by Thomas Kent, a former president of RFE/RL and a Senior Fellow...Read More

Editor’s note: In the wake of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, and the associated information revolution that perpetuated disinformation from conspiracy theorists and politicians alike across social media platforms, experts are studying and proposing multiple approaches to combat disinformation in the future. IPA presents a round-up below of several recent publications looking at...Read More

  The Information Professionals Association is a new and growing organization, and we have made significant progress over the past year in growing our membership base, increasing support and interest from strategic partners, and building a brand that will help us in our advocacy and long term sustainability. Check out IPA’s first Annual Report for...Read More

Note:  All opinions on the IPA blog are those of the author and except where noted not official positions of the Association. This CFR blogger was echoing my own thoughts as well many of yours: 2020 was a plague year, and not only from an epidemiological standpoint: disinformation went mainstream, and conspiracy theories that previously...Read More

Editor’s note: Peter Singer, Strategist at New America and co-author of LikeWar, a comprehensive analysis of the weaponization of social media, addresses the impacts of social media companies’ suspension of U.S. President Donald Trump’s accounts this week, following his violation of social media policies. In “Superspreader Down: How Trump’s Exile from Social Media Alters the...Read More