Americans vote in this year’s consequential presidential election in an environment marked by growing threats, including the weaponization of artificial intelligence, influence campaigns run by foreign authoritarian adversaries, and false election n [...]
Two years on from the 2022 US midterm elections, TikTok continues to serve as a platform candidates use to try to reach voters. According to a new report from the Technology Program and the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund [...]
In May 2024, ASD, along with our partners at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the University of Amsterdam, published a report documenting roughly 400 domains—ranging from mirror sites and content aggregators to faux local news outlets and si [...]
ASD at GMF and the Cyber Collective are excited to announce our partnership to strengthen global cybersecurity and protect democracy. This collaboration is designed to bring research-backed, expert-verified information to the top of the algorithms o [...]
New Information Laundromat tool used to analyze how RT.com skirts sanctions and platform bans Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (ASD at GMF), the University of Amsterdam (U [...]
Experts examined five case studies—in France, Sweden, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ukraine—to highlight effective practices as half the world’s population heads to the polls. WASHINGTON, DC — The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at the [...]
Senior Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Communications and Technology Subcommittee about how the United States can secure its communications networks from foreign adversari [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is launching two initiatives to strengthen global democratic practices, promote good governance, and support free and fair elections. The projects will [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States released “The ASD AI Election Security Handbook” as a resource for elections officials responding to unprecedented threats to election security su [...]
Senior Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about how the United States can outpace the PRC in emerging technologies. Below is a copy of her written testimony. I [...]
Co-Managing Director David Salvo and Research Analyst Nathan Kohlenberg submitted testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence about the threat of transnational repression [...]
This year’s US presidential primaries will determine who will lead the country come January 2025 amid growing autocratic threats to American democracy. Experts from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund are monitoring and a [...]
Washington D.C. – Ukrainian victory will not be limited to beating Russia on the battlefield. Winning also means rebuilding from this war as a robust democracy grounded in the rule of law and ready to join Europe. Ukrainians know this. Even as gener [...]
New War in Ukraine Dashboard tracks messaging from Russia’s military bloggers on Telegram Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States today launched the War in Ukraine: Military Bloggers da [...]
Since 2020, states have introduced hundreds of laws based on false claims of widespread election fraud. Election officials—who played an integral role in carrying out a safe and secure election that year—have been quitting in large numbers due to co [...]
“The key Ukrainian principle is simple and fair, namely: no ruins will be left in Ukraine,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, where world leaders and CEOs are expected to discuss the cos [...]
There remains a crisis of confidence in US elections, despite their successful administration in 2022. Many Americans harbor mistaken beliefs about the outcome of the 2020 elections and the way elections are run, and foreign and domestic bad actors [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States today released Autocrats Within, an in-depth analysis of the autocratic threats facing the two most consequential national elections of 2023: Turkey and Poland. In [...]
Washington, D.C. – Just weeks ago, TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified that the app functions independently of the Chinese Communist Party. But a new analysis of data from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund’s Hamilton 2.0 da [...]
Washington, DC – During last week’s Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified that TikTok labels state-backed media accounts. A new analysis from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund shows that’s not always the [...]
At this week’s Summit for Democracy, governments are expected to address how important countering disinformation and securing access to independent media are to democracy’s survival. Efforts to build and strengthen information resilience are taking [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund and Issue One publish new report calling for key election investment and reforms Today, the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund and Issue One released a new repo [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) began hosting the Hamilton 68 dashboard in August 2017 to track Russian influence operations on Twitter. By analyzing a dynamic list of more than 600 Twitter accounts linked, wittingly or unwittingly, to Rus [...]
TikTok has become an important platform for candidates to try to reach voters ahead of the 2022 US midterm elections. According to a new report from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund (ASD at GMF), 34% of Democratic cand [...]
Each election cycle, local election officials bring on significant numbers of new employees to help carry out the elections. But given the ongoing influence of the Big Lie and the spread of election denialism, some poll workers could pose a risk to [...]
NEW MIDTERM MONITOR CAPTURES US ELECTION NARRATIVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA ASD and the Brennan Center for Justice release interactive tool for surfacing and tracking messaging on voting and election administration Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Securi [...]
Pacific island nations recently rejected a deal that would, in part, further integrate their technological infrastructure and information systems with China. Despite the failure of this sweeping trade and security communique, China continues to deep [...]
Russia’s information environment has become increasingly constricted. Banning the characterization of Russia’s war in Ukraine as anything but a “special military operation” is just one indication of the censorship and cherry-picking that takes place [...]
This week, the release of the Xinjiang Police Files revealed the extent of China’s inhumane treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Yet, despite pages of suspicious and incriminating evidence, China has denied and condemned these claims. For months, Beiji [...]
Washington, D.C. – Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) hébergée par le German Marshall Fund (GMF) lance aujourd’hui le Dashboard de l’Election Française 2022, un tableau de bord interactif accessible au public qui nourrira des analyses des thémati [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) today launched the 2022 French Election Dashboard, an interactive, open-source tool that will provide summary analysis of narratives [...]
Russian disinformation campaigns have become notorious around the world for their ability to cause chaos. And while some suggest Moscow’s motives begin and end with creating havoc, the reality is that Russia has clear strategic goals in mind. The Kr [...]
The Panama Papers revealed how a secretive Panamanian law firm used professional intermediaries in the United States to enable crime and corruption. Half a decade later, the United States is failing to regulate the U.S.-based professionals who conti [...]
Much attention has been paid to voting system vulnerabilities (real and imagined), but we continue to severely underestimate the potential for malicious actors to manipulate and create chaos with one very common tool for conducting elections: electr [...]
The 2020 election was the most secure in U.S. history when it came to protecting physical and cyber infrastructure, however, similar measures weren’t in place to protect the people who administered the elections. Election officials and their familie [...]
We’ve seen companies like Apple lean into protecting private data as a selling point for their products and states like California and Virginia attempt to regulate consumer data when faced with inaction on the federal level. Data privacy is much dis [...]
Interactive tool tracks narratives around this year’s German elections Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) today launched the 2021 German Elections Dashboard, an interac [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 CONTACT: Rachael Dean Wilson or Kayla Goodson, press@securingdemocracy.org The Government of Canada, Microsoft and ASD i [...]
WASHINGTON—The German Marshall Fund of the United States is pleased to welcome Bonnie Glaser as director of the Asia Program and Laura Thornton as director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Both Glaser and Thornton will serve on GMF’s leadersh [...]
In the lead up to the 2020 election, the government, private sector, and civil society took more than 200 actions to secure the election against foreign interference. They made substantial progress, but in many cases didn't anticipate that a domesti [...]