Foreign Information Operations Targeting California and Other States

Following the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles this year, Russian state media leveraged the disaster to sow division and undermine trust in relief efforts. While it may be easy to dismiss foreign interference as a federal concern, foreign adversaries are increasingly targeting Americans at the state and local level. Join us for a free Zoom webinar titled, “Foreign Information Operations Targeting California and Other States”, featuring Bret Schafer, Senior Fellow at ASD. Schafer will detail findings from ASD’s latest report detailing examples in which our foreign adversaries—namely Russia, China, and Iran—targeted citizens of California and 49 other states with online information campaigns to shape their views of current events.