These Ex-Spies Are Harvesting Facebook Photos For A Massive Facial Recognition Database Thomas Fox-Brewster , Forbes Staff I cover crime, privacy and security in digital and physical forms. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/04/16/huge-facebook-facial-recognition-database-built-by-ex-israeli-spies/#352242fc7f18 When Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, he tried to describe the… Continue reading Ex-Spies Are Harvesting Facebook Photos For A Massive Facial Recognition Database
Ex-Spies Are Harvesting Facebook Photos For A Massive Facial Recognition Database
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (43)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Even casual observers should recognize Russia’s almost bizarre propaganda efforts. Each attempt appears unhinged and does not reflect reality. The cognitive dissonance must be strong in many parts of Moscow. </end editorial> Russian information campaign continues intensively on all fronts. Foreign Minister (Comical Sergei) Lavrov interviewed by the Beeb… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (43)
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Has a Russian intelligence agent hacked your wifi?
James Ball @jamesrbuk Tue 17 Apr 2018 09.44 EDT A global conflict is taking place on the internet – and your router may be more attractive to a foreign operative than you think Another day, another hacking attack – or, in Monday’s case, another few million hacking attacks. Russia has been blamed by the US and the UK for… Continue reading Has a Russian intelligence agent hacked your wifi?
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The TV vs the fridge: A Russian joke shows why Putin’s propaganda isn’t working on his own people
Alexandra Ma Ordinary Russians joke that watching Putin’s propaganda is like seeing a “battle between the TV set and the fridge.” The idea is that the Kremlin keeps lauding Russia’s greatness on TV, while fridges remain empty because the country’s economy is so bad. Olga Ivshina, a BBC journalist in Russia, repeated the joke while… Continue reading The TV vs the fridge: A Russian joke shows why Putin’s propaganda isn’t working on his own people
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Event: How to Run an Independent Media Outlet in Russia
Despite the truism that Russia’s independent media is dead, a number of important outlets continue to provide independent news and analysis in Russia. Top owners/managers of three such outlets – Vedomosti, Republic (formerly Slon), and MediaZona – will share their secrets and discuss current developments in the Russian press. Speakers: Damian Kudriavtsev, Board of Directors, Vedomosti and The Moscow Times Maksim Kashulinsky, Editor-in-chief, Republic… Continue reading Event: How to Run an Independent Media Outlet in Russia
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Cambridge Analytica and SCL – how I peered inside the propaganda machine
Full disclosure: The author, Dr. Emma Briant and I are professional associates, perhaps even friends. We frequently confer on matters regarding propaganda. I consider her the top authority in the world on propaganda, since the passing of Dr. Phil Taylor of the University of Leeds. We are now practically neighbors (perhaps even neighbours) upon her… Continue reading Cambridge Analytica and SCL – how I peered inside the propaganda machine
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RT faces seven new investigations into Salisbury poisoning coverage
Huffington post has the following illustion showing the actual programs under investigation. “The following programmes are under investigation: “ Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ofcom-investigations-russia-rt-news-salisbury-attack_uk_5ad72458e4b029ebe01f8ac9 </end editorial> UK’s Ofcom is examining instances where Kremlin-backed news channel potentially breached UK broadcast laws on impartiality RT, the Kremlin-backed news channel that broadcasts in the UK, is facing seven new investigations into its… Continue reading RT faces seven new investigations into Salisbury poisoning coverage
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (44)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s departure into an alternate reality continues, with UK OPCW Ambassador Wilson’s observation being more widely applicable to the Russian information campaign(s): “To date, Russia has proposed more than 30 contradictory and changing fantasies to explain the Salisbury attack. Russia’s actions to confuse and distract have not worked, but… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (44)
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EU East StratCom Task Force Disinformation Review – When nothing is true and everything is possible
19 April 2018 *TRENDS OF THE WEEK* When nothing is true and everything is possible The last couple of weeks, we have seen two major campaigns unfold within the pro-Kremlin disinformation machinery: the disinformation surrounding the poisoning of the Skripals, where the number of narratives spread about it from pro-Kremlin sources is now 31 (!);… Continue reading EU East StratCom Task Force Disinformation Review – When nothing is true and everything is possible
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The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America
It’s a strategy to tighten ideological control. And it’s happening around the world. BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN | APRIL 18, 2018, 12:53 PM In July 2017, a group of nine Chinese students and faculty from Huazhong University of Science and Technology participating in a summer program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) formed a Chinese Communist Party branch… Continue reading The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America
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Russia: Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (45)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s self-flagellation campaign continues, it appears there are few boundaries that will not be crossed in this play. More on Russia’s proposed counter-sanctions that appear to be designed to bleed key sectors of Russia’s tech industries dry as quickly as possible. The effort to shut down Telegram… Continue reading Russia: Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (45)
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‘I Feel Free’: Russian Students In U.K. Unmoved By Kremlin’s Call To Come Home
April 19, 2018 15:14 GMT Natalya Kondrashova Aleksandr Valiyev Robert Coalson Russian students studying in the United Kingdom have expressed skepticism about a recently unveiled initiative from Moscow aimed at luring them home. “This project might be attractive for those who feel some sort of pressure or discrimination because of their origin and regret that… Continue reading ‘I Feel Free’: Russian Students In U.K. Unmoved By Kremlin’s Call To Come Home
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Russia Punishes Activist For Throwing Paper Airplanes
Activists in Russia are protesting Russia’s blocking of Telegram messaging app by throwing paper airplanes. Maria Alyokhina, It’s about the FSB making everyone understand that there will be more censorship. There is no First Amendment in Russia, there is no freedom of speech, and Russia goes to extraordinary lengths to make sure their secret security… Continue reading Russia Punishes Activist For Throwing Paper Airplanes
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Kremlin-backed fake news targets Britain
“Mischievous Englishwomen” are blamed for everything from the Skripal poisoning to 17th-century famines Apr 19th 2018| MOSCOW IT WAS Britain, not Russia, that poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter, to stoke Russophobia. Or perhaps Ukraine targeted the former spy, to frame Russia. Then again, maybe the Skripals were accidentally exposed to a British nerve-agent, produced… Continue reading Kremlin-backed fake news targets Britain
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Russian leaks reveal spin on MH17 disaster
19 April 2018 One of the narratives pushed by Moscow shortly after the tragedy encouraged officials to compare the crash to the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand before the First World War and accuse Kyiv of provoking a new world conflict. Kremlin leaks have revealed Russian use of disinformation over the shooting down of Malaysia… Continue reading Russian leaks reveal spin on MH17 disaster
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CZ Event: People and the Media: Fake News | Discussion
People and the Media: Fake News | Discussion When: 26.04.2018 – 17:30 Where: Americké centrum, Tržiště 13, Praha 1 – Malá Strana Admission: Free, please sign up by clicking on Sign Up above the picture SignupPrinter-friendly version Fake News The American Center, in cooperation with Pontes, invite you to the 32nd Conference on “People and the Media.” The… Continue reading CZ Event: People and the Media: Fake News | Discussion
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (46)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s self-flagellation campaign escalates, it appears Muscovy is determined to make Russia into a global media joke – whether this is enough to flip the previous self-typecasting as the fourth member of the “New Axis of Evil” remains to be seen (COCWs apply!). On a more serious note, more… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (46)
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Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (27)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> While Salisbury, the Syrian CW attack, and the Telegram debacle have dominated media this week, other interesting developments took place: NATO more actively promoting Ukraine as a future member and advocating the supply of lethal aid, more on the denuclearisation of Ukraine (a blunder from a Ukrainian… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (27)
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Moscow Times – Russians’ Trust In Putin Drops to Below 50% After Election — Poll
Perhaps Russian propaganda is causing cognitive dissonance domestically in Russia. Perhaps truth and reality are creeping in and causing the barrage of constant lies to sound like the lies they truly are. Perhaps, as all the senior editors of the BBG that I interviewed said, “People are smart enough to recognize propaganda.” Perhaps there is hope for Russia, yet.… Continue reading Moscow Times – Russians’ Trust In Putin Drops to Below 50% After Election — Poll
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U.S. Slams Russia, Iran As ‘Morally Reprehensible’ For Rights Violations
April 21, 2018 02:40 GMT RFE/RL A new U.S. State Department report has labeled the governments of Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea as “morally reprehensible” with human rights violations on a daily basis, making them “forces of instability.” While releasing the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017, an annual examination of human… Continue reading U.S. Slams Russia, Iran As ‘Morally Reprehensible’ For Rights Violations
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