ASD Head of Research Jessica Brandt contributed her thoughts on improving election security to a piece on the subject for PBS Newshour, saying: “Attempts to manipulate the information space undermine Americans’ ability to have a constructive debate [...]
ASD Head of Research Jessica Brandt discusses the 2016 Florida voter registration hacks and lays out the chain of events that led to this failure of election security. [...]
Today, representatives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google, as well as several government officials, will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. The hearing will serve as an opportunity for congressional leaders to gauge the gove [...]
ASD's Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt discusses global efforts to limit disinformation and their effect on civil liberties in a piece in Axios. [...]
ASD's Jessica Brandt and Bradley Hanlon argue that social media platforms need to better coordinate with each other - and with government agencies - to comprehensively tackle online information operations. [...]
ASD's Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt summaries next steps to be taken after the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report. [...]
Special Counsel Mueller’s redacted report highlights the Russian government’s “sweeping and systematic interference” in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, through disinformation and hacking operations. Details of that effort were already known – t [...]