A selection of our work and experts featured in print, television, radio, and online.
Lindsay Gorman on Nevada’s New Blockchain Legislation in the Reno Gazette Journal
Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman discusses Nevada's new legislation promoting research and development of blockchain technology, and the democratic principals that should guide it, in an editorial for the Reno Gazette Journal. [...]
Bret Schafer Interviewed on Online Trolls on NPR’s All Things Considered
Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer discusses online disinformation and the ongoing impeachment inquiry in the House on NPR's All Things Considered. [...]
Josh Rudolph on Beneficial Ownership Legislation in The American Interest
ASD Fellow for Malign Finance discusses the bipartisan promise of new beneficial ownership legislation introduced in the Senate in The American Interest. [...]
Jessica Brandt and Joshua Rudolph on a New National Security Framework for Foreign Interference
ASD Head of Policy and Research Jessica Brandt and Malign Finance Fellow Joshua Rudolph argue for a new, holistic campaign finance framework for countering foreign political contributions. [...]
Laura Rosenberger on the Laws of War in Cyberspace at the National Cathedral
ASD Co-director Laura Rosenberger joined Amb. Susan Rice, Prof. Joseph Nye, and Gen. Keith Alexander (Ret.) for a panel discussion on the Laws of War in Cyberspace. [...]
Laura Rosenberger and Brad Hanlon on How Not to Respond to Disinformation for Progressive Centre UK
Western countries should not respond to disinformation campaigns against them with their own disinformation campaigns, Director Laura Rosenberger and Research Assistant Brad Hanlon argue in an article for Progressive Centre UK. [...]
Laura Rosenberger and Zack Cooper on Chinese Info Operations in the Washington Post
In their first joint op-ed, ASD Co-Directors Laura Rosenberger and Zack Cooper write that Western tech companies’ confirmation of Chinese government efforts to manipulate the information space outside its Great Firewall should serve as a wake-up cal [...]
ASD’s David Salvo and Clint Watts on Ransomwear Attacks on MSNBC’s Hardball
David Salvo and Clint Watts appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss U.S. officials’ fear of ransomware attacks on election infrastructure during the 2020 elections. [...]
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. [...]
Josh Kirschenbaum on Closing Illicit Finance Loopholes in The American Interest
Using the analogy of a front and a back door, ASD's Josh Kirschenbaum explains that while the U.S. Government has been assiduous in anti-money-laundering enforcement against banks, it has been lax in its AML enforcement against electronic payments c [...]