Daesh #1 Weapon is Propaganda
Propaganda is Daesh’s #1 weapon. And Daesh #1 soft weapon of choice? Social media. How is the US countering? Thought for the weekend: Propaganda a crucial factor BY REV ALLEN SLEITH – 06 DECEMBER 2014...
View ArticleNATO seeks new weapons to counter Russia’s Information War
NATO recognizes that a concerted effort must be made to counter Russian information warfare. The article makes it clear that it is not propaganda being used against propaganda. The Lviv video is one...
View ArticleRussian Perspective on Ukraine IW
Here is what Russia thinks of the relatively new Ukrainian plans for Information Warfare, right from the Kremlin itself. I need to offer some background information for some of you to understand, as...
View ArticleSodaHead.com Blatant Smear Job
I received a Google Alert about SodaHead.com article titled Military Engaged in Illegal Psychological Operations and Propaganda. My first thought was “oh no, not another hit piece written by an author...
View ArticlePutin’s New Weapon In The Ukraine Propaganda War: Internet Trolls
Paul Roderick Gregory Good article, however… I find quite a bit of this article, at this point, good for archival purposes. The author, Paul Roderick Gregory, has great historical analysis from...
View ArticleGoogle App Engine affected by more than 30 vulnerabilities
by Pierluigi Paganini on December 9th, 2014 Security researchers at Security Explorations have found more than 30 vulnerabilities in the Google App Engine that allow code execution and sandbox escapes...
View ArticleTop 75 fakes of false Russian media reports about Ukraine in one video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbts31hRH-w 2014/12/09 • OP-ED Article by: Sam King New Zealand designer Sam King made a video depicting the top 75-fakes of Russian propaganda. His reasons are that he...
View ArticleRBTH, Sputnik: The Old And New Russian Propaganda News Machine
Exposé of Russia Today by Nomistralsforputin.com Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/07/2014 – 23:35 Russia Beyond the Headline reached 10,162 million readers around the world through its supplements in...
View ArticleMysterious ’08 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar Era
Firemen struggle to extinguish the blaze at the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline near the eastern Turkish city of Erzincan on Aug. 7, 2008. The BTC pipeline was burning from an explosion on Aug. 6,...
View ArticleCombatting Russian propaganda, 3/3
WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR THE MEDIA SECTOR http://visegradinsight.eu/recommendations-for-combatting-russian-propaganda10122014/ by ELINA LANGE-IONATAMIŠVILI AND DIĀNA POTJOMKINA 10...
View ArticleIs Information Really a Weapon?
I was in a discussion today about information being used in social media as a possible weapon. The people I was talking with have a tool which scrapes social media sites, gauges their sentiment and...
View ArticleYear End Synopsis
It’s been a very good year in the information environment. I made Santa’s nice list and Russia is on his naughty list. Counterpropaganda is becoming a new buzz word. Who does it? It’s easiest...
View ArticleSenate Confirms Two New Members for the BBG Board
December 12, 2014 WASHINGTON – The United States Senate has confirmed two new members to serve on the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all U.S. government-supported civilian...
View ArticleRussia bribes Europe’s far-right parties
Notice the use of the word “influence” in this article. Russia gave a loan to France’s National Front, but is, de facto, buying influence. Russia is attempting to buy votes from France’s National...
View ArticleRussia deploys three electronic warfare systems to Donbas
Three Rtut-BM radio electronic warfare systems have crossed today into Donbas at the Izvarine checkpoint, Prava sprava NGO head Dmytro Snehiriov writes in Facebook Dec. 13. Rtut is a modern weapon...
View ArticleThe Kremlin’s Top 75 Lies About The Ukraine Crisis
RFE/RL December 12, 2014 [Video and comments here http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ukraine-lies-stopfake-kremlin-propaganda/26739439.html%5D The folks at StopFake.org...
View ArticleNorth Korea is Watching Me!
The Interview (2014) On Friday I did a blog giving a synopsis of the past year – 2014. I listed all the countries which visited this site during the past year. I noted that nobody from Greenland...
View ArticleA French Soldier’s View of US Soldiers in Afghanistan
I normally don’t like to brag about US Soldiers, but this article validates everything I seen for the past few decades about the US Army, indeed about the US military. The soldiers I have seen are...
View ArticleRussia delivers mercenaries along with ‘humanitarian convoy’
Tymchuk: Russia delivers mercenaries along with ‘humanitarian convoy’ 15.12.2014 | 13:19 A new battalion of militants has been spotted in the town of Krasny Luch in Luhansk region, most of whom are...
View ArticleThe Donbas war: a chronicle
Article by: Kirill Mikhailov & Alya Shandra A brief history of Russia’s war in East Ukraine. Introduction Since the fighting in Donbas subsided (although not stopping completely) in September, the...
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