Kremlin Watch Monitor. August 15, 2016
The Atlantic Council published our analysis of how Russian domestic propaganda portrays Western leaders. Together with the Semantic Visions we analyzed over fifty-nine million articles published in the...
View ArticleJules, Vlad, And Ed
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian self-proclaimed editor, activist, publisher and journalist. He is best known as the editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks, which publishes submissions of secret...
View ArticlePuppeteer Of Consciousness
Natalia Kolotiy August 12, 23:00 Puppeteer of consciousness “Mirror of the week. Ukraine »№28, August 13, 2016 Probably few people today have to deal with the concept of information-psychological war ....
View ArticleRussian Propaganda Isn’t Pro-Donald Trump: It’s Anti-U.S. Establishment
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, in Moscow, on Aug. 10. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS By BEN NIMMO Aug 19, 2016 5:02 am ET Ben Nimmo is a fellow in information defense at the Atlantic...
View ArticleGCHQ Details Cases of When It Would Use Bulk Hacking
The Investigatory Powers Bill legislation was led by Theresa May when she was Home Secretary; she is now Prime Minister. Image: Twocoms/Shutterstock Russia will surely respond with verbal attacks,...
View ArticleHow Does RT Fight Western Propaganda?
How Does RT Fight Western stories highlighting Russian attacks on Syrian civilians? Blame the United States Say bad publicity will increase the Syrian war. Attack bad publicity’s credibility Deny. Say...
View ArticleRussia stripped of Beijing Games silver in women’s 4×400 relay over doping...
The Russian women’s 4×400 relay team (from L to R): Yulia Gushchina, Liudmila Litvinova, Tatiana Firova Anastasia Kapachinskaya. Reuters “Russia”, the country, the name, the leaders, have become...
View ArticleRussia is now a threat. The U.S. should treat it like one.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, attends a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow in July. (Sputnik/Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin via Reuters) By David J. Kramer August 18 + The...
View ArticleAmerican journalism is collapsing before our eyes
By Michael Goodwin August 21, 2016 Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, andHillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president. But something else happening before our eyes is...
View ArticleRepeal the First Amendment
The title above, I believe, is meant only to deliver a shock. It succeeded, and the accompanying comment opened my eyes to how much our country’s values have been deteriorated by this President and...
View ArticleRussian media distort Ukrainian poll results on eve of Independence Day
August 20, 2016 – 15:10 News Distortion and manipulation of Ukrainian poll results is a favorite topic of Russian media. On the eve the country’s 25th independence anniversary scores of Russian media...
View ArticleThe United States Of America Is Damned And It Is Our Fault
MIROSLAV110 VIA GETTY IMAGES We are what we watch. That is a sad statement about America and of this world. We are a world of sound bites, skewed optics, and hideous policial correctness. We are a...
View ArticleCircumvention Technology Guide And Review
I find myself bringing an area of expertise, “Circumvention Technology”, to the forefront after a recent conversation at the US Broadcasting Board of Governors, who oversees many of the programs listed...
View ArticleTurns Out You Can’t Trust Russian Hackers Anymore
Photo credit: MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images Moscow-linked cyberthieves aren’t just stealing and releasing emails anymore — they’re altering them to smear one of Putin’s most vocal opponents. BY ELIAS...
View ArticleHow to Stop Disinformation – Lessons from Ukraine for the Wider World
How to Stop Disinformation – Lessons from Ukraine for the Wider World Publication Announcement The latest ‘Beyond Propaganda‘ paper looks at Ukraine as a laboratory of information war. Authored by...
View ArticleThe ratio of personnel losses of the AFU and Russian armies in the Donbas was...
Input from an anonymous expert, following my comments. My analysis stands, Russia is great at producing gee-whiz weapons but terrible at fighting wars. Russian soldiers lack training, discipline,...
View ArticleElectronic warfare in the South China Sea
24 Aug 2016 Brendan Thomas-Noone ‘An information technology-based war at sea is sudden, cruel and short…’ was how the Chinese military characterised a peer-to-peer naval conflict at sea in a public...
View ArticleRussia ramps up the propaganda machine
Perhaps the most aggressive manipulator of information today is the country of Russia. (iStock Photo) Influence operations take many forms. This is nice exposè of what appears to be a Russian influence...
View ArticleRussia to Conduct Military Drills Amid Ukraine Tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Crimea on Aug. 19. PHOTO: REUTERS Russia has a history of invading neighboring countries and has already invaded Ukraine, not once but twice. Any pretense of these...
View ArticleRussian Punitive Medicine? Crimean Tatars Shaken By Leader’s Confinement To...
The forced admission of Crimean Tatar activist Ilmi Umerov to a psychiatric clinic has stunned has colleagues and supporters, who say the 59-year-old community leader is anything but mentally...
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