A selection of our work and experts featured in print, television, radio, and online.
Laura Rosenberger Talks the Future of Hacking Democracy on the Future State Podcast
ASD Co-director Laura Rosenberger was featured on the Future State podcast to discuss ASD’s work on the authoritarian toolkit for malign interference and what lies ahead as important elections in both Europe and North America take place in 2019 and [...]
Heidi Tworek on State Control of Social Media in The Atlantic
ASD Non-resident Fellow Heidi Tworek uses the example of prewar Germany to discuss the problem of government over-regulation of media in The Atlantic. [...]
Kristine Berzina Discusses the European Elections on Euronews
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina was interviewed on Euronews' Raw Politics program on the European elections and what's next in Austria after the collapse of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz' government. [...]
David Salvo on the EU’s New Cyberattack Policy in Axios
ASD Managing Director David Salvo discusses the EU's new policy meant to deter cyberattacks and other cybercrime in a piece for Axios. [...]
Joshua Kirschenbaum and David Murray in Bloomberg Opinion on the National Security Risks of Opaque Foreign Investments
ASD's Joshua Kirschenbaum and the Financial Integrity Network's David Murray highlight the growing risk that opaque foreign investments pose to U.S. national security. "The U.S. has always welcomed foreign capital – much to our economic bene [...]
Nad’a Kovalcikova Interviewed on Disinformation before the European Elections in Bild
Below is a translation of ASD Program Manager Nad'a Kovalcikova's interview in German with Bild. Kovalcikova discussed Russian disinformation in Europe ahead of the 2019 European Parliament elections. The title of the interview is "So mischt Putin b [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Penn State’s Democracy Works Podcast
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger joined the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State’s Democracy Works podcast to discuss the state of efforts to combat Russian interference in the United States in the wake of Special Counsel Mueller’s report. [...]
Bret Schafer on Russian Meddling in American Social Movements in “The State of Black America 2019”
ASD Social Media Analyst Bret Schafer published an essay in the National Urban League’s State of Black America 2019 report that looks at how the Russian government-backed Internet Research Agency (IRA) manipulated the issue of race and hijacked onli [...]
Lindsay Gorman on CBC Radio on U.S. Tech Firms and Chinese Surveillance
ASD Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman is interviewed on CBC Radio's The Current to discuss the relationship between U.S. tech firms, the Chinese surveillance state, and the ongoing human rights abuses in Xinjiang. [...]
Jessica Brandt in Axios on Disinformation and Free Speech
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. [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Beyond 100 Days on BBC World to discuss Huawei integration in the U.K.
ASD’s Laura Rosenberger joined Katty Kay of BBC News to discuss the UK’s controversial decision to allow Huawei access to “non-core” components of its 5G network. [...]
Jessica Brandt and Bradley Hanlon in Lawfare on Cross-Platform Solutions to Disinformation
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. [...]