Meet Facebook’s top troll hunter
Posted: Sep 04, 2018 8:28 PM EDTUpdated: Sep 04, 2018 8:28 PM EDT CNN Wire By Donie O’Sullivan (CNN Money) — Nathaniel Gleicher may well have the toughest job in tech right now. Gleicher, a former...
View Article“Russian Trolls” Can Still Easily Place Propaganda Into Google Ads
Google assures us it has algorithms in place to protect “us” from election interference by Russia and others. In this BuzzFeed report, we see it is not working. We are not safe, and Russian trolls can...
View ArticleLithuania Asks Walmart To Remove “Soviet” T-Shirt
Walmart is carrying a red shirt with the old Soviet Hammer and Sickle on the front. To many, this represents the most oppressive regime in the world, who were responsible for millions of executions of...
View Article“Not the murderer, but the murdered is guilty!”
6 September 2018 | Disinformation Review, Top Story As our favourite parody account Darth Putin frequently reminds us, one of the most repeated disinformation tactics is to accuse your counterpart...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (137)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> The reports around the GRU Salisbury attack have displaced most other topics on Google News rankings, showing this sorry...
View ArticleRussia Goes for Another Pyrrhic Victory in Syria
One of the best analysis pieces about Russia and Syria I have ever read. </end editorial> Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 15 Issue: 121 By: Pavel K. Baev September 4, 2018 06:09 PM...
View Article[Krebs on Security] Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats
A 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was “Feds Can’t Touch Us” pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools. On Aug....
View ArticleThe West must see Russia for what it is: a rogue state that needs to be...
I have been saying, for some time, that Russia is acting like a rogue state. It is time Russia is properly labeled: a rogue state. They consistently and constantly violate international law, act with...
View ArticleThe Russian Church as Putin’s Weapon of Influence
Written by Tatiana Christy Friday, 03 August 2018 11:57 From the Middle Ages to the Bolshevik Revolution, the Russian Orthodox Church served the country’s monarchs, playing an active role in state...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Chinese Communist Party’s Approach to Cyber-Enabled...
5th September 2018 – FDD Report Read the full report here. Executive Summary American prosperity and security are challenged by an economic competition playing out in a broader strategic context …...
View ArticleEvent: Countering Disinformation: Interdisciplinary Lessons for Policymakers
Monday, September 10, 2018 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CSIS Headquarters REGISTRATION ADD TO CALENDAR Email The email to associate with this registration. First name This field is required. Last name This field...
View ArticleIran: Military Spending, Modernization, and the Shifting Military Balance in...
By Anthony H. Cordesman September 4, 2018 DOWNLOAD THE REPORT The military balance between Iran, its Arab neighbors, and the United States has been a critical military issue in the Middle East since at...
View ArticleOperational Guidance for the EU’s international cooperation on cyber capacity...
31 August 2018 The Operational Guidance is intended to provide a comprehensive practical framework when designing and implementing the EU’s external actions against cybercrime and for promoting...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (138)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> While it is often argued that Russia is brazen about its rogue behavior to elicit global condemnation, precisely to show...
View ArticleUkraine Ad Hoc Media Update (31)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> A busy week for developments in Ukraine, major topics: Azov Sea blockade and harassment of traffic in Black Sea, Ukraine to...
View ArticleSlovenia politician’s masked militia sparks alarm
This is oddly reminiscent of how Russia occupied Crimea and Donbas. </end editorial> 4 September 2018 Slovenian President Borut Pahor has expressed concern after social media images revealed a...
View ArticleAuthorities in Eastern Europe warn about rise of heavily armed paramilitary...
Security agencies in Eastern Europe have voiced concern about the rise of far-right paramilitary groups whose members have access to heavy weaponry, including in some cases armored vehicles and tanks....
View ArticleRussia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (47)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Interesting developments in Russia, post-Soviet republics, China / PACRIM and Europe – the latter is seeing a shift away...
View ArticleRussia Confirmed It Is A Rogue State
Russia is a rogue state. This has been said, written, and pushed repeatedly. Russia has made its choice and confirmed it’s a rogue state CNN Russia Is a Rogue State. Time to Say So. – POLITICO Magazine...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (139)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> As we would expect, Russian threats to overrun US positions in Syria did not elicit a warm response. Russian and Syrian...
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