Articles

The Christchurch Call represented a historic opportunity for international unity. By rebuffing it, the United States shows just how far it has retreated from the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. (New Atlanticist/Atlantic Council)

Digital forensic analysis of preparations made by the Poway, CA synagogue shooter. (DFRLab/Atlantic Council)

Small exchange with partisan pundit dominates media coverage and online conversation about historic congressional hearing on white ethno-nationalist terrorism. With Melissa Hall. (DFRLab/Atlantic Council)

In the final days before the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections, social media platforms remain at serious risk of targeted viral misinformation. While Silicon Valley had taken some preparatory actions, the U.S. government has done essentially nothing. With P.W. Singer. (The Guardian)

The spread of viral misinformation has become a dangerous public health crisis, akin to the spread of contagions past. This crisis must be answered with a strong emphasis on information literacy. With P.W. Singer. (The Globe and Mail)

Reflection of the two-year anniversary of the Access Hollywood scandal. Far from sinking the Trump political campaign, it showed how social media had thrown all the old rules of American politics out of the window. With P.W. Singer. (Rolling Stone)

As the internet has transformed so much of human society, so it has transformed the ways and means of conflict. Perception matters as much as reality. Sufficient manipulation of that perception can achieve a war-like objective without firing a shot. With P.W. Singer. (Foreign Affairs)

How China embraced the internet on its own terms, giving rise to a dangerous new form of cyber-authoritarianism in the process. Worse is yet to come. Excerpted from LikeWar. With P.W. Singer. (Popular Science)