The Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 presidential election should have served as a wake-up call for Americans that something we took for granted—democracy—is vulnerable to attack by foreign adversaries in new and powerful ways. Instead, we’re mire [...]
News and Commentary Russian disinformation during Brexit: Following a request from Britain’s Electoral Commission, Facebook and Twitter provided data on Russian-purchased political advertising, but the focus on purchased advertising left open the q [...]
News and Commentary Russian entities pose as U.S. news sites: According to Tim Chambers with DFR Lab, News-Store.com, a new “junk news site” that is retweeted by conservatives and claims to be located in the United States, is actually promoted by b [...]
News and Commentary Russia may build its own Internet: RT reported that the Russian government will build an “independent Internet” to connect the BRICS countries — Brazil, India, China, and South Africa, in order to guard against “global Internet [...]