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Disrupt and Overwhelm: Strategies for achieving information advantage over the PRC in the online information environment Two Six Technologies M3 team keeps amazing me at their expertise, insights, and ability to turn them in to actionable intelligence. This is a small sample of some of the great work they are doing and I am proud to be a part of. Please reach out to me for more information on the amazing work they are doing. #osint #analysis

This is a terrific report by Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) on how we need to consider China’s influence operations as part of China’s broad strategic strategy and respond accordingly. My last title in govt included “integration,” so naturally this is my perspective on most of the complex problems We face today. It is HARD, yes. But it is necessarily. Here is a great quote from the executive summary: “In short, understanding that the CCP (1) integrates its tech industrial strategy, governance policy, and engagement strategy and (2) connects its approach at home to how it engages abroad, the United States needs to do the same, commensurate with its values. It should not respond tit-for-tat but rather have a collective strategy for a global competition for information that connects its tech strategy to its governance approach to its engagement around the world.”

The report outlines the nature and reach of China’s censorship apparatus, the methods and technologies that underpin it, the international activities it conducts, and the implications for the U.S. https://lnkd.in/gUHbf9Tu

🚨Wow, this is huge. We now have confirmation - directly from a Reuters investigation (!) - that a special team was created in the CIA under Trump to create negative news about China and spread them in international media, and in Chinese social media. Immensely hypocrite given how the US constantly has paranoid panic attacks about how "foreign adversaries" might try to influence their population... Again these days with TikTok... Turns out that, as is often the case, it was projection. Looking at the details, Reuters reports that "Trump authorized the CIA to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation." The CIA then "created a small team of operatives who used bogus internet identities to spread negative narratives about Xi Jinping’s government while leaking disparaging intelligence to overseas news outlets." The operation wasn't confined to China: "the 2019 authorization uncovered by Reuters [...] enabled the CIA to take action not only in China but also in countries around the world where the United States and China are competing for influence. Four former officials said the operation targeted public opinion in Southeast Asia, Africa and the South Pacific." Which is why you should take any negative "news" about China with a massive pinch of salt: for all you know, it might originate from a CIA operative in Langley, Virginia... And the program might still be going on as "Reuters was unable to determine whether the administration of President Joe Biden has maintained the CIA program." @RnaudBertrand X https://lnkd.in/ehETTpjR

don't you think it's strange they invite themselves to international borders- claim companies, play the White House instead of defending their own border? JFK was assassinated over the Cuba/ South American issue. When every house was searched, the findings were the SKULLS. It started a war. Even though the reigning government took control -- the skulls still showed up claiming government positions-- there is their lives then an eye coded government-- the skulls require a program to survive. the reigning government was live on television and the famous statue that is still passed today and used to get through where people are blind created treaties with Vietnam and other communist borders -- the skull governments went to war and invaded those borders. all of these historical moments can be found in communist encyclopedias --- in final -- they will always pretend they don't know anything-- or say -- I don't work for the government when you human traffick and sell people to replace them -- you can't replace history -- I'm done dealing with it. the global registry is in operation--- that's what I focus on --- not ______ I've known for years about P Diddys situation-- of course she did -- she was busted in a prostitution ring. so, if they can change their histories, regardless of their federal crimes ---- why can't you?? https://lnkd.in/gJZZA_9e https://lnkd.in/gJZZA_9e

Authoritarian regimes, like the Kremlin, weave a complex web of propaganda, making it nearly impossible to unravel the truth. This week's newsletter introduces a case study conducted using #FilterLabsTalisman, that sheds light on the genuine state of affairs in Russia. Read https://lnkd.in/d_fsgDCM This and future case studies are available at https://lnkd.in/dYW9Cxhv. Sign up to #FilterLabsTalisman today by going to filterlabs.ai/talisman or account.filterlabs.ai to access valuable local insights and more!

As #digitalisation has become a key issue in the #EU 🇪🇺 #policymakers face the dual challenge of fostering digital markets while simultaneously #regulating them. Growing concerns about #disinformation, #surveillance, #cyberattacks and the excessive #market power of US 🇺🇸 and Chinese 🇨🇳 tech companies are among the challenges Europe faces in this area, and some politicians and officials have championed “digital sovereignty” as a solution. On LSE European Politics and Policy, Anke Obendiek, Gerda Falkner, Sebastian H. and Timo Seidl (Centre for European Integration Research at the University of Vienna) highlight how the term is influencing policy and political discourse across the EU.

A good situation overview. Recommended reading from the European Parliamentary Research Service ⚠️The global information ecosystem is under threat from authoritarian actors exploiting democratic systems. Tech companies and evolving technologies exacerbate risks to democracy, impacting health, security, and human rights. 🔑Since 2015, the EU has developed a comprehensive regulatory framework, including the Digital Services Act, AI Act, and Media Freedom Act. These aim to curb disinformation, enhance transparency, and improve media integrity. 🔑The EU emphasizes multilateral and international cooperation, including collaboration with NATO and other global actors to address information manipulation. 🔑Strengthening democracy through digital defense and societal resilience is the key today and tomorrow!

“We started off by asking the question ‘How do you fight mis- and dis-information?’ and we’ve actually realized that it’s…trying to define the undefinable. What we’re really talking about is…taking all the stuff that we learned about defending democracy from the last 100, 200…years and reapplying them to a digital idiom.” 🌟Panel: Emerging Lessons: What works (and doesn’t) in combating mis- and dis-information🌟 Peter Pomerantsev of SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, moderator, summarizes this panel at Keseb’s 2023 Global Democracy Champions’ Summit with participants Rose Jackson of the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) and Pedro Telles of Quid. Rose noted that the fight against mis- and dis-information is not new to the combat for democracy, but, new technological tools, such as artificial intelligence and “deepfakes” represent unprecedented rising threats against democracy. These new threats call for new, innovative methods to counter them. Rose pointed to the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which created new legal obligations for internet and social media companies to combat disinformation, as “probably the most significant democratically aligned attempt” at translating efforts in the “offline world” to digital environments. Pedro pointed to Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court’s new mechanism to force platforms to take down certain kinds of disinformation as a second effective enforcement method. 📽️Watch the full panel conversation and explore other sessions from our 2023 Summit here: https://lnkd.in/egfw78fS 💡Read our insights brief on actionable insights from the full Summit here: https://lnkd.in/eP5cTeJv #democracychampions #democracy

A social media post has been widely credited with sparking the UK's worst riots in 13 years. Such a crisis is impossible without the Internet, where users are subject to an echo chamber effect, and can easily fall prey to the unprecedented speed and scale of false information. This poses a significant challenge by governments to tackle dangerous content.   Noting the presence of several laws to tackle these, such as POFMA in Singapore, IPS' Dr Carol Soon (PhD) Soon shares that such laws act as a deterrent. Nevertheless, technologies such as AI helps produce deepfakes and cheap fakes that allow for large-scale dissemination.   Dr Soon also discusses the role played by various stakeholders in curbing such misinformation higher upstream. She raises the example of the newly-established Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS), a research centre supported by the Government that empowers public and people sectors in developing technologies that detect and counter the spread of online harms. She also suggests that local mainstream media have a role to play in preventing political polarisation seen in other countries, thereby gaining trust within the populace.   Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gfTq7xcG #IPSsg #singapore #uk #internet #socialmedia #misinformation