deepfake
The Deepfake iPhone Apps Are Here
Jacob Schulz Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 1:14 PM
The president retweeted a deepfake of Joe Biden. The fake was made on an iPhone app that I’d already been researching.
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The Cyberlaw Podcast
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Russia’s Online Disinformation Has a 100-year History
Stewart Baker Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 1:09 PM
In this episode, I interview Thomas Rid about his illuminating study of Russian disinformation, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare. It lays out a century of Soviet, East European, and Russian disinformation, beginning with an elaborate and successful operation against the White Russian expatriate resistance to Bolshevik rule in the 1920s.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Disinformation and the Need for States to Shore Up International Law
Gary Corn Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 12:30 PM
With the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s disinformation campaign has taken a dangerous turn.
Disinformation
The Next Gray Zone Conflict: State-Based Disinformation Attacks on the Private Sector
Matthew F. Ferraro, Preston B. Golson Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 10:30 AM
As trade-wars proliferate, technological rivalries intensify and U.S. corporations take public positions on hot-button social issues, American businesses will increasingly find themselves in the crosshairs of nation-state sponsored disinformation operations.
Campaign 2020
Warren Has a Plan for Disinformation—What About Everyone Else?
Alicia Wanless Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 9:00 AM
The 2020 U.S. presidential election is playing out in the shadow of disinformation, but few candidates are promising to take action against it. Elizabeth Warren has a plan, but it’s not perfect.
Podcasts
The Lawfare Podcast: Alex Stamos on the Hard Tradeoffs of the Internet
Jen Patja Howell Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 4:01 PM
In this episode of Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Kate Klonick spoke with Alex Stamos, the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory. Prior to joining Stanford, Alex served as the chief security officer at Facebook, and before that, as the chief information security officer at Yahoo. They talked about Alex's experience at Facebook handling 2016 election interference, as well as his work on cybersecurity, disinformation, and end-to-end encryption.
Arbiters of Truth
The Lawfare Podcast: Elise Thomas on Disinformation and the Australia Fires
Jen Patja Howell Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 4:48 PM
For the past several months, Australia has been struck by massive bushfires like nothing seen before in recent memory. As the country has grappled with the spread of these unprecedented blazes, it’s also grappled with the spread of falsehoods about what caused them.
Disinformation
Members of the House Are on Notice: No Tweeting Deepfakes
Evelyn Douek, Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:54 PM
The House Ethics Committee has announced that members who share deepfakes or “other audio-visual distortions intended to mislead the public” could face sanctions. It’s a small but noteworthy step.
Disinformation
Facebook's Oversight Board Bylaws: For Once, Moving Slowly
Evelyn Douek Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 4:15 PM
The new bylaws include a number of promising signs about Facebook’s commitment to the Oversight Board experiment. But the board’s original ambit of operations will be fairly limited.
Arbiters of Truth
The Lawfare Podcast: Renee DiResta on Disinformation and Misinformation From Vaccines to the GRU
Jen Patja Howell Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 1:42 PM
For this episode of Lawfare’s Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Alina Polyakova and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Renee DiResta, the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. Renee has done fascinating work on how technology platforms and algorithms interact with false and misleading narratives, ranging from misleading information on health issues to propaganda pushed by the Islamic State and the Russian government.