After TikTok Vote, Will a Ban or Sale Come Next?
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – In some ways, Wednesday’s House vote to ban or force the sale of the social media app TikTok was a landmark […] More
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A Roadmap for Tackling Violent Extremist Content Online
Javed Ali is a Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and had over 20 years […] More
Social Media Platforms and Political Ads
Bottom Line Up Front Last 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 Front Facebook recently announced that it identified and disabled Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns operating on its platform. The proliferation of […] More
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Regulating Content in an Age of Digital Terrorism
Bottom Line Up Front Over the past decade, there has been a proliferation of terrorist propaganda on the Internet aimed at attracting potential recruits […] More
The Social Media Weapons of Authoritarian States
Bottom Line Up Front Conflict is no longer relegated strictly to the physical battlefield but extends through cyberspace, often manifesting in social media disinformation […] More
YouTube Making Moves to Combat Extremism Online
Bottom Line Up Front Thousands 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 a […] More
Hackers for Hire
Bottom Line Up Front The investigation into the hacking of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ phone demonstrates how private firms have developed sophisticated electronic espionage […] More
Russian Disinformation Campaigns Continue to Sow Doubt in the West
Bottom Line Up Front Russia continues to use social media disinformation to sow doubt, effectively deploying an army of trolls across the Internet. On […] More
Data is the New Currency of Geopolitics
Bottom Line Up Front As the extent of Russia’s manipulation of Facebook became more apparent following the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the social media […] More
The Islamic State’s Enduring Narrative
Bottom Line Up Front: With the caliphate in ruins, the Islamic State is likely to focus more attention on the ‘virtual world’ and shaping its […] More
The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media
The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data exploitation crisis seems to be waking up a new wave of Americans to the fundamental downsides of our purposeful addiction to […] More
No Facebook or Twitter? You’re Probably a Spy.
Bottom Line: A spy’s tradecraft must constantly evolve because of the rapid changes of the digital age – especially the tools and skills required to […] More
Exposing Russian Interference – The Value of Real-Time Forensics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to exploit open and free U.S. cyberspace, which serves as a force multiplier for commerce and freedom of expression, […] More
Governments Turn Social Media into a Weapon Worldwide
Internet freedom took a nosedive over the last year, with governments doing more than ever to spread disinformation on social media and attacks in the […] More
Blackmail Culture Goes Digital in Putin’s Russia
It was 1999, and the Russian Prosecutor General, Yury Skuratov, who was investigating former Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s administration for corruption, found himself in the […] More
Congress Grills Tech Firms Over Russia’s 2016 Reach
Top social media companies revealed more details about how Russian operatives made extensive use of their platforms to wage a disinformation and influence campaign targeting […] More
Target America: Dissecting Moscow’s Social Media Campaign
In recent years, Russia has waged a new cold war on the United States through its actions, though we have only recently come to grips […] More