Indiana University, September 12 2019 https://news.iu.edu/stories/2019/09/iub/releases/12-botslayer-launch.html BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University’s Observatory on Social Media has launched a new tool in the fight against online disinformation: BotSlayer. The software, which is free and […]Read More

Present Realities and Emerging Trendsby Michael Mazarr, Abigail Casey, Alyssa Demus, Scott Harold, Luke Matthews, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, James Saddenhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2713.html The role of information warfare in global strategic competition has become […]Read More

Our TakeChinese information operations are a significant, growing threat to Western democracies, as well as social media platforms that remain vulnerable to manipulation by foreign actors seeking to interfere in democratic […]Read More

A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns from the Pell Center at Salve Regina University China Beijing’s Computational Propaganda Goes Global: The Significance of China’s Debut as a […]Read More

A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaignsfrom the Pell Center at Salve Regina University DeepFakes Cyber Criminals Have Defrauded Companies with Deepfakes | Ryan Duffy | Morning Brew An Artificial-Intelligence First: […]Read More

From the Alliance for Securing Democracy https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ New interactive tool tracks official Russian messaging and information manipulation The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States launched Hamilton […]Read More

Jon Porter, The Verge, September 2nd 2019https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/2/20844338/zao-deepfake-app-movie-tv-show-face-replace-privacy-policy-concerns Insert your face into TV shows or movies with just a single photograph Zao, a free deepfake face-swapping app that’s able to to […]Read More

Pete Norman, August 31st 2019, Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-31/u-s-unleashes-military-to-fight-fake-news-disinformation Fake news and social media posts are such a threat to U.S. security that the Defense Department is launching a project to repel “large-scale, automated […]Read More

China and Hong Kong Inside Beijing’s Toolbox to Crush Hong Kong | Brendon Hong | The Daily Beast China’s Playbook in Hong Kong Is Also Working in the Asia-Pacific | Chris Horton | The Atlantic  […]Read More

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 | 3:00PM-4:00PM  The Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington DC, 20036 The Stimson Center’s East Asia Program is launching a new annual series, Taiwan Security Brief. […]Read More