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Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai argues in Foreign Affairs that the IRGC is using traditional and social media to assert its leadership and project itself as the guardian of public health and the champion of the fight against the invisible enemy [...]
Malign actors have been “rewriting the present” & entering the EU’s national public spheres to shape public opinion during the coronavirus pandemic. Program Manager Nad'a Kovalcikova argues that Europe needs to build a transnational, interoperab [...]
Iran is ramping up its fight against the United States. "Despite the crippling toll of the pandemic," Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai and Colin P. Clarke write in Vox, "Tehran has continued to work tirelessly to eject the last remaining US force [...]
Beijing is using new methods to spin the coronavirus pandemic to its advantage. “As it began to contain the outbreak within its own borders, Beijing launched an assertive external information campaign aimed at sculpting global discussion of its hand [...]
The spread of the coronavirus has exacerbated tensions within the governmental system and between the system and the population, Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai said on CSIS's podcast "Babel." Iranian state-backed media has been pushing the narr [...]
As China works to control a resurgence of the coronavirus, U.S. intelligence officials warn that it’s continuing to spread misinformation about where the virus originated and the country’s response to the pandemic. The goal is to make people doubt t [...]
Director Laura Rosenberger joined George W. Bush Institute to discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on political freedom and democratic institutions around the world. [...]
Democratic countries view information as an empowering force in the hands of people, while authoritarian systems see this model as a threat; they use surveillance, censorship, and information manipulation to shore up their power and weaken democrati [...]
In the past few weeks, the Chinese Communist Party has shown how adept it is at weaving narratives that distract from its own failures in handling the coronavirus outbreak, China Analyst Matthew Schrader said on Lawfare’s “ChinaTalk” podcast. [...]
The Chinese Communist Party has seized on the importance of international standards bodies for the dual and mutually reinforcing objectives of increasing national competitiveness and building international influence on technology adoption and norms [...]
Even as Beijing endeavors to promote itself as a responsible global player with an attractive governance model that renders it capable and willing to be a go-to provider of public goods during the coronavirus pandemic, China's leaders are increasing [...]
In recent months, China has significantly expanded its official presence on western social media platforms and moved toward a "Russian style" of spreading disinformation. CBS News' Olivia Gazis looked at some of ASD's preliminary findings from the e [...]
THE ALLIANCE FOR SECURING DEMOCRACY EXPANDS HAMILTON 2.0 DASHBOARD TO INCLUDE CHINA Interactive tool tracks official Chinese messaging and information manipulation on topics like COVID-19 Contact: Rachael Dean-Wilson or Kayla Goodson, press@securing [...]
Beijing's current disinformation tactics are a departure from the past, Director Laura Rosenberger told The New York Times. Chinese officials and media are trying out the typically Russian tactic of spreading multiple, contradictory disinformation n [...]
Malign foreign actors have been using social media to spread coronavirus disinformation, but their efforts go beyond Facebook and Twitter to less visible platforms, like text messages and Facebook groups, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman [...]
Disinformation is a regular part of our information ecosystem, but major political events, such as the coronavirus pandemic, are flashpoints for disinformation agents of all types, Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt said on War on the Rocks' [...]
Director Laura Rosenberger explained that the Chinese party-state's information manipulation tactics in the past few weeks have diverged from what we've seen in the past in Axios. She pointed out three main tactics that Beijing has applied in its co [...]
While the EU is struggling to form a common strategy to combat the coronavirus, China has launched several initiatives across Europe to paint itself as a generous and reliable leader. “Good will and global cooperation in battling the virus are essen [...]
On a CyberPeace Institute panel, Director Laura Rosenberger explained that China's propaganda apparatus is evolving and taking lessons from Russia. While China used to be much more focused on internal narrative creation and control, now it is sowing [...]
“China in particular is using the coronavirus crisis to its advantage in the information domain,” Jessica Brandt told The Sydney Morning Herald. She explained that Chinese diplomatic officials and news outlets are now promoting the conspiracy theory [...]
Technology companies' response to coronavirus "shows what aggressively confronting a disinformation challenge actually looks like and what our big tech platforms can do when there is a strong will to act,” Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman [...]
Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt told The Hill that the battle over the coronavirus narrative amounts to an “information contest.” She explained that China is using its media to promote their country’s response to coronavirus, aid to Europ [...]
On this episode of Deep State Radio, Director Laura Rosenberger explained that malign foreign actors do not only spread disinformation around elections; information manipulators take advantage of many topics, including coronavirus, to build audience [...]
Head of Policy and Research Jessica Brandt explained that "the perception of insecurity can be just as damaging as insecurity itself" on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power." Senior government officials have been saying for a long time that Russia seek [...]
Director Laura Rosenberger discussed Russian interference in the 2016 and 2020 U.S. elections on The Washington Post's podcast "Can He Do That?" [...]
Head of Policy and Research Jessica Brandt discussed Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. elections and the importance of responsible public messaging with Ian Masters on "Background Briefing." "The impression of insecurity can be just as damaging [...]
The United States has taken some steps to build election resilience, but it is not doing nearly enough. And the continued polarization of foreign interference is the biggest hurdle to actually addressing it, Director Laura Rosenberger said on NPR's [...]
While social media companies and the U.S. government have taken some steps to combat Russian interference since 2016, those are not enough, Director Laura Rosenberger said on PBS NewsHour. Increased coordination is essential to detecting these opera [...]
Russia has amplified conspiracy theories suggesting that delays in reporting Iowa caucus results were part of an effort to deny Senator Bernie Sanders a win, as well as theories purporting murky ties between other candidates and the company that cre [...]
States have been taking some good steps to secure their election infrastructure, but there is still work to be done, Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine told Olivier Knox on SiriusXM. He also explained that while misinformation is a significant [...]
Voting systems security is necessary for an election, which is why South Carolina's move to a paper-based system is so important, Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine said on "This Week in South Carolina." He explained that foreign adversaries tr [...]
The Iowa caucus debacle not only delayed the results but also provoked misinformation about the integrity of the vote. While most of this misinformation is home-grown, these conspiracies are likely to amplified by Russian state-sponsored information [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron's speech on nuclear deterrence last week was a show leadership from France on European security in the wake of Brexit, Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina explained on Deutsche Welle. She also noted that Macron's tough nu [...]
The results produced by voting machines in Northampton County, Pennsylvania’s November 5, 2019 election were incorrect, forcing county election officials to count the paper backup ballots. Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine argues that an indep [...]
There are not enough robust, multilateral mechanisms to share information about cyber threats, best practices, or lessons learned, Director Laura Rosenberger said on The Council on Foreign Relations’ podcast Why it Matters. [...]
The European Commission "should act fast to capitalize on the political momentum toward creating a central AML [anti-money laundering] supervisory authority," Senior Fellow Josh Kirschenbaum writes with Nicolas Veron in PIIE. Kirschenbaum and Veron [...]
It is vital that Connecticut state election authorities share the concerning results of the state's latest cybersecurity test on its voter registration infrastructure, argues Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine in the Connecticut Post. [...]
The phase one U.S.-China trade deal should mark the beginning of assertive, values-based engagement with China, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman argues. Instead of seeking renewed harmony, U.S. President Donald Trump should focus on the C [...]
Huawei should not be allowed to participate in democratic networks around the world, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman asserted on CBC's "Power & Politics." She explained that the phase one U.S.-China trade deal is "essentially a cease [...]
Russia has a history of hacking information and leaking it to affect U.S. candidates, Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt told Public Radio International. But in 2020, she is worried about the possibility that Russia could manipulate hacked m [...]