Leading governmental bodies and support organizations worldwide have become aware of the significant current threats related to disinformation. Disinformation is being used by state actors and–more insidiously–enabled by a growing industry of Disinformation as a Service (DaaS) vendors. The impacts are experienced well beyond the political realm, for example, as corporations and their employees are targeted to avoid Covid 19 vaccination– a threat to business continuation …
Click here for PDF Executive Summary A flood of proposed legislation to increase regulation over online content and recent contentious hearings on the subject indicate an appetite on Capitol Hill to hold tech companies accountable for disinformation and other harmful content hosted on their platforms. To mitigate possible liabilities, tech companies would be wise to …
Click here for PDF Disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine—and the resultant refusal of many to get vaccinated—presents a significant threat to the US economy, and especially to companies operating in service industries and critical infrastructure sectors. Employees of many of these companies are more vulnerable to the virus because of extensive interactions with the general …
Click here for PDF In a press release on July 24, 2020, National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) Director William Evanina highlighted foreign threats to the 2020 US election, specifically focusing on China, Iran, and Russia’s efforts to undermine US citizens’ confidence in their government institutions. Influence measures on social and traditional media to sway …
