A selection of our work and experts featured in print, television, radio, and online.
Bret Schafer quoted in The New York Times on the Information Laundromat and Banned RT Content in the EU
“This is really the tip of the Russian propaganda iceberg,” said Bret Schafer, a co-author of the report and a senior fellow at German Marshall Fund. “It was quite evident when we were running the search results in the E.U. that if Russian propagand [...]
Faux Local News Sites, Lifestyle and Spirituality Blogs, and a Designated Terrorist Entity Among Nearly 400 Websites Laundering Russian Propaganda Online
New Information Laundromat tool used to analyze how RT.com skirts sanctions and platform bans Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (ASD at GMF), the University of Amsterdam (U [...]
David Salvo on C-SPAN Washington Journal: Foreign Interference in Campaign 2024
ASD Co-Managing Director David Salvo joined C-SPAN Washington Journal to discuss and answer questions about foreign interference threats to the 2024 US elections. watch here The views expressed in GMF publications and commentary are the views of [...]
David Salvo on FOX 5 Washington DC: Blinken Visits Ukraine as Russia Makes Advances
Co-Managing Director David Salvo joined "The Final 5" on FOX 5 Washington DC to discuss questions about how much longer US assistance to Ukraine is sustainable amid Russian advances. Watch here The views expressed in GMF publications and comment [...]
David Salvo on the Brussels Sprouts Podcast at CNAS: Russian Influence on the Upcoming EU Elections
Co-Managing Director David Salvo joined the Center for a New American Security's Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend, alongside the International Republican Institute's Brady Hills, for an episode of the Brussels Sprouts podcast to discuss Russia [...]
David Levine at the Embassy of Canada and International IDEA: AI & Elections: Exploring the Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence
Senior Fellow David Levine joined a panel discussion with the Embassy of Canada and International IDEA to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on elections, including its potential uses and innovations and the risks it presents. watch [...]
David Levine and Massimiliano Albanese in the Fulcrum: Gen Z is key to securing America’s elections
America's elections are under unprecedented threat. From foreign interference in the 2016 presidential race to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, the integrity of our democratic process has been repeatedly targeted in recent years. Safeguarding it agai [...]
New Report Highlights Best Practices to Counter Election Disinformation
Experts examined five case studies—in France, Sweden, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ukraine—to highlight effective practices as half the world’s population heads to the polls. WASHINGTON, DC — The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at the [...]
Bret Schafer at GMF Brussels Forum 2024: Trust in Information in the Age of AI
More than half the world’s population will head to the polls this year in the largest display of democracy in human history. This series of elections is also the first to unfold in an era in which advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) [...]
David Levine at the McCain Institute: Securing the Vote: Countering Foreign Threats to American Elections
Senior Fellow David Levine joins Joshua Garland of ASU, Noah Praetz of the Elections Group, and Paul Fagan of the McCain Institute to discuss foreign threats to US elections and the motivations of foreign actors for targeting them. watch here Th [...]
David Levine and Laurențiu Pleșca in Emerging Europe: Moldova must bolster its electoral integrity ahead of this year’s presidential election
Moldova is due to hold its next presidential election in autumn this year. Laurențiu Pleșca and David Levine write that given the high risk of Russian interference, bolstering the country’s electoral integrity should be a key priority ahead of the v [...]
Lindsay Gorman at SXSW: Elections in the Age of AI: New Tech’s Impacts on Democracy
Senior Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman joined a panel at SXSW 2024 to discuss how artificial intelligence will impact democratic institutions and elections moving forward. She was joined by Boston University's Joan Donovan, Center fo [...]