Thread by @jseldin

#cyber & digital dangers - “The threats are real on both side of the Atlantic and we need to step up our game” per #Netherlands Deputy PM @KajsaOllongren at @CarnegieEndow

"We need to reach out...we need all of us to tackle this issue"

“If #Europe and #America is divided, the outcome is generally tragic” warns #Netherlands Deputy PM @KajsaOllongren

#Netherlands running an anti #fakenews campaign but Deputy PM @KajsaOllongren says "Too soon to tell” if it's working

“We’re teaching our kids that in schools” she says “Older people are especially vulnerable…They’re not used to it so they’re an easy trap for this”

#ElectionSecurity “The race continues… we’re still at it” says @CISAgov Deputy Dir Matthew Travis at @CarnegieEndow

“Relatively pleased" w/how midterms went but “2020 will be much more intensive given that its a presidential election” per Travis

“We have had some elections & referendums where we know it has played a role" per #Netherlands Deputy PM @KajsaOllongren re influence ops
"We cannot prove that it actually affected the outcome. That’s very difficult to prove”

Interference w/#Election2020, “That will be a much more pronounced effort” predicts @CISAgov Deputy Dir Matthew Travis

“One of the biggest vulnerabilities going into 2020 is President #Trump repeatedly calling into question of the election itself" per @RidT at @CarnegieEndow #Russia "will certainly try to amplify that message”

“Any disinformation campaign that will tap into what will happen in 2020 will most likely be minuscule in effect in comparison to domestic political current & developments” per @RidT “We risk building up #Russia into an an adversary that looks stronger ... than they really are”

Approaching #Election2020, “Read whatever you want but know what you’re reading” per @CISAgov's Travis “This is a collective effort to make sure that democracy can still thrive…it’s the electorate as well”