Election 2024: Navigating the Information Battleground
As Americans cast their votes in a pivotal election year, the Alliance for Securing Democracy is tracking and analyzing the forces shaping the digital landscape of democracy. From AI-enhanced disinformation and deepfakes to targeted influence campaigns by foreign adversaries, the 2024 election underscores the need for vigilance. ASD experts offer insights and analysis to help voters navigate the shifting information terrain, protecting democratic processes from manipulation. Stay updated with our research on emerging threats, influence operations, and tools to empower citizens in the face of new challenges to democracy.
Interference Matters
What to Watch: ASD at GMF Experts Share Thoughts on the 2024 US Election
Five Questions for the US Senate Intelligence Hearing on Foreign Threats to the 2024 Election
Despite a lower profile in the national debate, the tools, tactics, motivations, and actors associated with foreign interference in US elections have evolved significantly since Russia’s “sweeping and systematic” 2016 operation. The Cybersecurity an [...]
The Role of Search Engines in Contesting or Reinforcing Election Fraud Narratives
“Look up SMARTMATIC and tweet me what you think?” tweeted Rudy Guiliani, then-US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, in the weeks after the 2020 US presidential election. It was part of a broader campaign to delegitimize the election by castin [...]
The ASD AI Election Security Handbook
Introduction The typical local election official in the United States is a white woman who is older than 50, earns more than $40,000, does not have a college degree, and is less likely today than in the past to have extensive experience in electio [...]
Addressing Current and Emerging Threats To Secure Democracy
Democratic backsliding has been a defining feature of modern politics and the transatlantic space has not been immune to this trend. The subversive effect of autocratic efforts to undermine democracy has concerned leaders across Europe and the Unite [...]
State of the European Union 2023: A More Political Speech with an Eye to the Future
In her last State of the European Union (SOTEU) speech for this Commission mandate, Ursula von der Leyen expectedly stayed mum on whether she intends to stand again. But it is difficult to take her address as anything but a carefully calibrated effo [...]
David Levine and Krystyna Sikora in The Fulcrum: Harris County Election Mistakes
Earlier this month, Harris County sued the State of Texas to temporarily block a law, known as Senate Bill 1750, that would eliminate the Harris County elections administrator position effective September 1st. Harris County really messed up its ad [...]