by jpitney | Apr 16, 2021 | Journalism, Mass Media, Russia
From the Treasury Department: Russian Intelligence Services, namely the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), play critical roles in propagating Russian disinformation online. The FSB, GRU,...
by jpitney | Jan 28, 2021 | Journalism, Russia
From the Committee to Protect Journalists: New York, January 26, 2021 – Russian authorities should allow journalists to cover protests freely and without fear, and refrain from attacking or detaining members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said...
by jpitney | Aug 31, 2020 | Russia
Craig Timberg and Isaac Stanley-Becker at WP: Four years after Russian operatives used social media in a bid to exacerbate racial divisions in the United States and suppress Black voter turnout, such tactics have spread across a wide range of deceptive online...
by jpitney | Feb 29, 2020 | Russia
From AFP: Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials say. The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy...
by jpitney | Jan 13, 2020 | Election Security, Internet, Russia
Matthew Rosenberg, Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger at The New York Times: The National Security Agency and its British counterpart issued an unusual warning in October: The Russians were back and growing stealthier. Groups linked to Russia’s intelligence...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2019 | Election Security, Russia
From the Defending Digital Democracy Project (D3P): D3P is led by Eric Rosenbach, Co-Director of the Belfer Center and former Assistant Secretary of Defense. Prior to his July 2015 appointment as Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Rosenbach served as...
