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China's Disinformation Offensive in Taiwan

China's Disinformation Offensive in Taiwan

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING - TAIPEI, Taiwan—During last year’s Presidential election in Taiwan, rumors swirled that Victor Lai Ching-te of the [...] More

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Our New War: Applying a September 12th Mindset to Disinformation

Edward Bozeman is a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq and Afghan wars and has a combined 16 years of experience in the Military and as a consultant in [...] More

A General's View of Future Information Wars

OPINION — U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is expanding its Military Information Support Operations (MISO) because in the current environment, [...] More

Russian Disinformation in an African Context

Bottom Line Up FrontRussia has extended its global disinformation campaign to Africa, where it seeks to promote pro-Russian and anti-Western [...] More

Social Media Platforms and Political Ads

Bottom Line Up FrontLast week, Twitter announced it would no longer accept political ads.Meanwhile, Facebook officials have lamented that it would be [...] More

Social Media and the Fight Against Disinformation

Bottom Line Up FrontFacebook recently announced that it identified and disabled Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns operating on its [...] More

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Regulating Content in an Age of Digital Terrorism

Bottom Line Up FrontOver the past decade, there has been a proliferation of terrorist propaganda on the Internet aimed at attracting potential [...] More

The Social Media Weapons of Authoritarian States

Bottom Line Up FrontConflict is no longer relegated strictly to the physical battlefield but extends through cyberspace, often manifesting in social [...] More

YouTube Making Moves to Combat Extremism Online

Bottom Line Up FrontThousands of videos and channels that promote extremist beliefs will be removed from YouTube, according to the company.To date, [...] More

The Social Media Side of the Terrorist Threat

The Sri Lankan government responded to Sunday’s deadly terrorist attacks in part, by shutting down access to some social media sites, calling the ban [...] More

Hackers for Hire

Bottom Line Up FrontThe investigation into the hacking of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ phone demonstrates how private firms have developed [...] More

Russian Disinformation Campaigns Continue to Sow Doubt in the West

Bottom Line Up FrontRussia continues to use social media disinformation to sow doubt, effectively deploying an army of trolls across the Internet.On [...] More