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Articles on Russian hacking
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Simulation models show just how effectively fake news and propaganda can shift opinions.
Here’s how to secure your home network, whether or not it has already been attacked by hackers.
The US Democratic Party has filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Russia for alleged hacking during the 2016 presidential campaign. The case contains lessons for Australian politicians.
Google and Facebook reign supreme over digital advertising. Yet the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and when the effectiveness of this advertising seems limited, should we ban this model?
On September 24, 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House had launched a formal impeachment inquiry against the president. But as history shows, the outcome is anything but assured.
Decades ago, the CIA created a secret department dedicated to spreading anti-communist propaganda around the globe. A scholar explains how it is comparable to Russian meddling through social media.
Thirteen Russians were charged Friday with using social media to interfere with the 2016 election. A media expert explains why this should not lead to government regulation of social media.
The FBI has long fed Congress secret intel. Trump and Nunes’ fight to release classified information may turn this dynamic on its head.
In a fight for the global flow of information, social media firms must be regulated. Their billions of dollars in revenue put their financial interests in conflict with truth and democracy.
The Russian cyberthreat goes back over three decades, extends into the country’s educational systems and criminal worlds, and shows no signs of letting up.
A historian takes us beyond the noise in Washington and examines how US and Russian power and interests compare.
Laws that limit presidential power won’t enforce themselves – Congress must act.
Did the attorney general help create a false story on why Comey was fired? Sessions’ testimony to Congress provides no answers.
Trump’s sacking of his FBI director won’t stop intelligence leaks – or the official investigation into alleged Russian interference in the US election.
Can the world’s progressives build their own international movement?
Research on more than 50 government investigations reveals how partisanship can get in the way of finding answers we all agree on.
Information warfare is a clear and present danger.
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Associate Professor of History, Penn State
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Next Generation Leader, McCain Institute for International Leadership, Arizona State University
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Adjunct Instructor in Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins University
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Senior Lecturer in National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Iowa
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Professeur d'Histoire et civilisation US, Université Paris Cité
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer, Lund University
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Professor in People, Organizations, Society, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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