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Ed. note: In the swirl of misinformation constituting the “Infodemic” side-effect of the novel coronavirus, Google announced this week it has committed funds to support journalists and help track coronavirus misinformation. The company joins Facebook, who committed $100 million earlier this week to support news outlets, and $1 million to enhance fact checking. It’s a...
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From the folks at the International Association of Certified ISAOs.  They have created a new area for Cognitive Security with the participation of an IPA Trustee.   COGNITIVE SECURITY ISAO – COVID-19 DISINFORMATION / MISINFORMATION CORONAVIRUS FACTS DATABASE”   Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus...
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Ed. note: On Friday, April 3 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, the Hudson Institute will hold an online discussion about China’s use of diplomacy and propaganda during the COVID-19 crisis. Worth listening in. Hudson Institute Livestream Event: China’s Charm Diplomacy: Beijing’s Attempts to Reinvent Reality Friday, April 3, 2020 11:00am to 12:00pm Please be advised: This...
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Ed. Note:  This is something we should be discussing now and falls into the realm of Cognitive Security.  Before we grant such surveillance powers to the state, we should consider how they will be withdrawn when not absolutely necessary.  Hopefully, we won’t need to have this conversation. As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets Tracking...
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Ed. Note – Although IPA members have been preaching about the implications of “volume, speed and uniquity” in the information environment for many years, it’s still nice to see an adaptation of that repeated even if the concept is now old.  The advice in this column is “to rise above the disinformation battle and seize...
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Ed. note: In the last few months, new opportunities have emerged from the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, and private entities focused on countering foreign influence and disinformation. Here is a sample of those efforts, and IPA will continue to monitor new calls and solicitations as they emerge. Department of Homeland Security, National...
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Ed. note: The campaign of misinformation from foreign outlets and leaders regarding COVID-19 continues to alarm U.S. leaders, while their requests that Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms tighten policies regarding misinformation from Chinese Communist Party leaders have been largely met with resistance. Republican House and Senate leaders have not only asked social media...
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Ed. Note – This very thing occurred in the past year in my own local area as ‘unnamed external actors’ attempted to undermine a city’s attempts to have 5G installed in the city center providing broad-band wireless internet to a large portion of the city’s residents.  In the end, it was approved but not until...
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Ed note – Makes sense.  You export what you’re good at and the Russians have made a name for themselves in this area. CNN reports: Russian election meddling is back — via Ghana and Nigeria — and in your feeds An excerpt: Accra, Ghana (CNN)The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to...
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Ed. note – IPA takes a comprehensive view of Cognitive Security; we also try to look forward to issues likely to confront policy- and law-makers in the future.  In the recent past, we’ve discussed the consequences of the surveillance state already constructed in China; now we have to confront what may be an expansion of...
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