Defining coercion at heart of Supreme Court case on government jawboning platforms

Monday’s case has major ramifications for the relationship between the government and social media platforms and policing disinformation.

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DHS warns of malicious AI use against critical infrastructure

The DHS report warns of state-backed hackers using AI for both malware development and election interference.

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Pro-Chinese Twitter accounts seek to expand Beijing’s influence in Latin America

One of the accounts directs users to an app that gathers personally identifiable information and seeks access to Twitter accounts.

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US intel: Chinese influence operations are growing more aggressive, more similar to Russia’s

China is stepping up efforts to influence U.S. public opinion, which increasingly resemble Russian operations. 

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Chinese influence operations may lack critical element: influence

A Chinese influence operation has hundreds of thousands of accounts and almost zero influence, a new report claims.

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Researchers: Large language models will revolutionize digital propaganda campaigns

Advances in machine learning will make it cheaper and easier to carry out influence operations at scale.

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Chinese influence operation seeks to sow political discord, ‘aggressively’ targets U.S. midterms

China has increased its aggressive actions and rhetoric around politics, other divisive issues, researchers say.

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Senate reports details inefficiencies, confusion at key U.S. counterintelligence center

Sen. Mark Warner said “new threats and new technology mean that we have to make substantial adjustments to our counterintelligence posture.”

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FBI director expects onslaught of digital assaults targeting midterm elections

U.S. Cyber Command has conducted 50 hunt forward operations to combat election interference and other threats to U.S. interests, according to Gen. Paul Nakasone.

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Russian information operations focus on dividing Western coalition supporting Ukraine

The Russian propaganda focuses on the threat that Ukrainian refugees could bring economic hardship to Europe.

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