Report: Iran-linked disinformation effort had personal touch Raphael Satter, Associated Press in the Washington Post, May 14th 2019 When an attractive young Middle Eastern woman contacted Saudi dissident Ali AlAhmed over […]Read More
New Report Shows How a Pro-Iran Group Spread Fake News Online Scott Shane and Ronen Bergman, May 14th 2019, New York Times Ali Al-Ahmed is a veteran critic of the […]Read More
Stan Sundel, Associate Editor for Terrorism and CounterterrorismGeorgetown Security Studies ReviewMay 12th 2019http://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2019/05/12/protecting-the-polls-from-russian-trolls-why-america-must-hack-back/ Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that the United States military conducted a cyberattack against an […]Read More
Charlotte Graham-McLay and Adam SatarianoMay 12th 2019, New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/technology/ardern-macron-social-media-extremism.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand will attempt this week to use the terrorist attack […]Read More
Our Take Internet Research Agency (IRA) operatives attempt to hijack American social movements: ASD Social Media Analyst Bret Schafer’s essay on the IRA’s imitation of African-American activists online, featured in […]Read More
William Broad, May 12th 2019, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/science/5g-phone-safety-health-russia.html The cellphones known as 5G, or fifth generation, represent the vanguard of a wireless era rich in interconnected cars, factories and […]Read More
Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, May 7th 2019 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/justice-department-wins-lawsuit-demanding-radio-station-register-as-russian-agent-1208400 A first-of-its-kind decision from a Florida federal judge rejects reasoning from RM Broadcasting on why it shouldn’t have to register. The […]Read More
Facebook & Other Online Disinformation Facebook Auto-Generates Videos Celebrating Extremist Images | Desmond Butler & Barbara Ortutay | Associated Press Instagram Will Begin Blocking Hashtags That Return Anti Vaccination Misinformation […]Read More
Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s Head of Cybersecurity Policy May 6th, 2019 – https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/05/more-cib-from-russia/ Today we removed multiple Pages, Groups and accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and […]Read More
Disinformation and Counter-Disinformation Strategies Kremlin Watch Report, European Values Think Tankhttps://www.kremlinwatch.eu/userfiles/operation-dragoon-ride-2015.pdf As a response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Operation Dragoon Ride 2015 was a high-profile and controversial USAREUR tactical […]Read More