Authoritarian regimes are competing to create and control emerging technology to gain the upper hand in the global power competition, while democracies have the potential to harness emerging technology to strengthen democratic institutions and freedoms. From 5G to social media, find ASD’s work on emerging technology on this page.
Etienne Soula on Fighting for Democracy in a Techno-Authoritarian State in Protego Press
Research Assistant Etienne Soula discusses the PRC and Hong Kong governments’ use of high tech surveillance tools to counter the outbreak of pro-democracy protests in the increasingly-besieged city-state. [...]
Jessica Brandt on China Social Media Takedowns in Axios
ASD Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt gives Axios readers a rundown on the latest Facebook, Twitter, and Google takedowns of accounts associated with coordinated inauthentic behavior on the part of the PRC government. [...]
Matt Schrader Interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Twitter and Facebook’s China Takedowns
ASD China Analyst Matt Schrader joined ABC’s David Sparks to discuss Twitter and Facebook’s takedown of a Chinese state-backed disinformation campaign targeting the Hong Kong protest movement. [...]
Lindsay Gorman on the Challenge of Securing Critical Information in Fifth Domain
ASD Fellow for Emerging Technology Lindsay Gorman wrote in Fifth Domain on the challenge of securing critical data from foreign adversaries in the face of rapid advances in computing technology and cyberespionage. [...]
Online Harms White Paper: Open Consultation Submission to the U.K. Parliament
The following is an introduction to the submission by ASD Intern Amber Frankland In April 2019, the United Kingdom’s Home Office published its Online Harms White Paper, which proposed a regulatory framework designed to address the prevalence of “il [...]
What Congress Got Right and What it Overlooked at Last Week’s Deepfakes Hearing
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held its first hearing devoted to the national security implications of artificial intelligence in the information space last week. “For more than five centuries, authors have used variations of t [...]
Lindsay Gorman in Discussion at GLOBESEC 2019: “Explosive Data: Lifeblood of Our Times”
ASD Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman joins former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and Gregg Garrett, head of U.S. and International Cybersecurity at BDO, to discuss the coming problems and potential of big data, a [...]
Lindsay Gorman on Deepfakes on NPR’s All Things Considered
ASD Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman gave her opinion on the proliferation of manipulated media on NPR's All Things Considered. [...]
Deepfake Myths: Common Misconceptions About Synthetic Media
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence convened yesterday to discuss the challenges posed by AI-manipulated media, better known as deepfakes. There is finally some momentum to “do something” about deepfakes, but crucial misconceptions [...]
Clint Watts Testifies Before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: AI and Deepfakes
Clint Watts Distinguished Research Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute Non-Resident Fellow, Alliance For Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the United States Author, Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hacker [...]
Nine Questions Lawmakers Should Ask at the June 13th Hearing on AI and Deepfakes
On Thursday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will host a panel of experts to discuss the national security challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), manipulated media, and “deepfake” technology. The committee will examin [...]
Matt Schrader on Huawei’s Media Tactics and the CCP in Foreign Policy
ASD China Analyst Matt Schrader discusses Huawei's massive public relations campaign outside China, and draws parallels between its tactics and those used by the Chinese Communist Party itself at home and abroad. [...]