Foreign Policy Essay
Outsourcing Disinformation
Shelby Grossman, Khadeja Ramali Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 10:01 AM
Why foreign actors are hiring firms with cheap labor and local knowledge to post inauthentic content to social media.
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Livestream: Facebook and Twitter CEOs Testify Before Senate Judiciary About 2020 Election
Tia Sewell Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 10:05 AM
On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled, "Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election."
Countering Violent Extremism
Staten Island Man Charged With Threatening Post-Election Violence
Rohini Kurup Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 11:52 AM
Brian Maiorana was arrested on Nov. 10 for making threatening interstate communications.
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Foreign Influence Operations After 2020
Emerson Brooking Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 11:26 AM
The past four years have seen extraordinary growth in the study of foreign influence and social media manipulation. Over the next four years, the field will need to move toward sustainability and equitability.
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The Limited Room for Russian Troll Influence in 2016
Joshua A. Tucker Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 8:01 AM
In a highly polarized country, it is hard to change voter preferences—and this is even more likely to be the case when the tools for doing so represent a tiny, tiny fraction of the information to which would-be voters are exposed.
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The Media Has Overcorrected on Foreign Influence
Claire Wardle Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 11:11 AM
The continued focus on Russia, at the expense of domestic threats, is significant and dangerous.
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The Danger of Overstating the Impact of Information Operations
Yochai Benkler Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 1:01 PM
The evidence that there are Russian information operations aimed at the United States is overwhelming. But there is no publicly available evidence that establishes that these operations have made any difference worth caring about.
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Foreign Influence Operations and the 2020 Election: Framing the Debate
Josh A. Goldstein, Renee DiResta Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 1:01 PM
Introducing a series from the Stanford Internet Observatory on assessing the threat of foreign influence operations targeting the United States.
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Foreign Influence Operations Don't Need to Succeed to be Effective
Darren Linvill, Patrick Warren Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 1:01 PM
Information operations are sometimes sensationalized and overhyped by politicians and others to distract and confuse the public for their own political ends—but the threat persists and must be taken seriously.
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Justice Department Releases Proposed Revisions to Section 230
Quinta Jurecic Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 3:17 PM
On Sept. 23, the Justice Department released proposed legislation to revise Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields internet platforms from liability for third-party content shared on their services.