Disinformation
Meet NAFO: The Virtual Army Disarming Russian Disinformation
Roughly four months into the war in Ukraine, images of a cartoon Shiba Inu dog were popping up all over Twitter. It started when the Georgian Legion, a volunteer military...
Is the ‘Hot Mic Incident’ Really About Freedom of the Press?
While stressing the importance of freedom, President Yoon Suk-yeol’s office inquired about the process by which a broadcasting company reported fake news regarding the so-called “hot mic incident.” Some have...
Can Russian Hybrid Warfare Win the Day in Ukraine?
In an unpopular response to the retreat of Russian forces in the Ukraine war, President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reservists. Putin’s order essentially doubled...
In the Digital Age, Retrenchment May Not Make America Safer
As a scholar of cybersecurity strategy and policy chairing a workshop panel at Brasenose College, Oxford, last month, I was struck by the degree to which the panelist’s debates on...
TikTok Bans Fundraising, Implements New Rules Ahead of Midterms
From the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2016 to the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020, social media companies are under intense scrutiny when it comes to how they handle politics....
Why the Pentagon’s Disinformation Campaigns Crashed and Burned
The Pentagon announced this week that it will conduct a full-scale evaluation of its psychological operations capabilities, following revelations that it has been conducting covert online disinformation campaigns. Alongside analyzing...
Did Russian Trolls Really Fracture the Women’s March?
The Women’s March was a massive worldwide protest held in January 2017, the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president. The 2017 march, one of the largest single-day protests...
Turkey’s Disinformation Law Tightens Erdogan’s Grip on Social Media
Unwilling or unable to address economic woes in his country, Turkey’s AKP is resorting to a familiar political tool: cracking down on the opposition. Unwilling or unable to address economic...
On Iran, Disinformation Has Become the Norm
More than most countries in the Middle East and West Asia, international attention is gravitating toward Iran, which has become one of the crucial news hotspots of the world. Iran...
Have Liberal Values Fallen Victim to Russia’s War on Ukraine?
The Russo-Ukrainian War is part of a cosmic showdown between autocracy and liberal democracy—at least, according to President Joe Biden. Yet, the Western response to Russia’s invasion is eroding liberal...
Activists Launch Effort to Block Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase
Back in April, Elon Musk reached an agreement to acquire Twitter. More recently, Musk has declared the deal “temporarily on hold,” while Twitter has indicated that they will push to...
Fake News: Twitter Rolls Out ‘Crisis Misinformation’ Initiative in Ukraine
It’s not clear who will be owning Twitter a year from now, but the current leadership of the company has announced a new policy related to “crisis misinformation” such as...