Russian diplomats and state-controlled media used surging gas prices in Europe to argue that Moscow’s #NordStream2 pipeline could stabilize the gas market.
Kremlin-backed media highlighted critiques of Facebook while the social media platform struggled to get back online after an hours-long crash.
Chinese officials and state-funded outlets amplified Chinese President Xi Jinping’s warning that China’s “complete reunification” with #Taiwan would soon be achieved.
Chinese accounts monitored on Hamilton 2.0 showcased “dance battles” and “children playing” in Xinjiang to counter accusations of forced labor in the region.
Beijing’s diplomats and state media positively framed talks between U.S. National Security Advisor @JakeSullivan46 and his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, as a candid meeting and an opportunity to reset relations.
Iranian leaders condemned the IS-K attack on a Shia mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan, while President Ebrahim Raisi blamed the United States for “back[ing] and plann[ing]” the Islamic State’s growth in Afghanistan.
Iranian state-backed media widely covered FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s visit with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
Iranian state media also highlighted Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian’s trip to Lebanon, where he met with civilian leaders and the head of Hezbollah shortly after Iran delivered fuel to the country.
How do we make our societies more resilient to hybrid threats? We need a whole-of-society approach, @HybridCoE Director Teija Tiilikainen says.
Russian state-backed content dominates search engine results, ASD Senior Fellow Bret Schafer explains. State-backed outlets are particularly effective at filling data voids, which allows them to "essentially own that space."
Russian state-backed media covered the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. These tweets
👉negatively portrayed the election, as well as German media outlets' coverage of it
👉attempted to stoke East-West divisions
👉echoed AfD supporters' claims of election fraud
Russian state-backed media also
👉criticized the 3 chancellor candidates, especially Green candidate Annalena Baerbock
👉negatively portrayed LBGTQ+ issues
👉criticized NATO's policies towards Ukraine
👉focused on progress and praise for Nord Stream 2
President Biden’s trip to showcase democracies' ability to meet challenges and deter threats culminates with a one-on-one meeting with Putin on Wednesday. What can Biden hope to achieve in this sit down? ASD experts weigh in. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/what-to-watch-…
"Can the two presidents actually put aside a laundry list of deep grievances to move the needle on tackling climate change? It may be difficult to even get that far on the meeting’s agenda," Deputy Director David Salvo writes.
More than a dozen significant cyber incidents have been linked to Russia-based groups in the past 6 months. "It is obvious that Putin has no intention of stifling a growing segment of the Russian economy that is both highly-skilled and highly-profitable," @TypeMRT says.
"Ukraine remains a strong and reliable partner of NATO," @StefanishynaO says. We should strive for a coordinated approach to resilience among NATO allies and other democracies that strive for better values, she explains.
"The future of NATO is being decided today," @StefanishynaO says. The world has changed radically, and new threats have emerged since NATO was founded. The struggle between value systems such as democracy and autocracy will shape international security. #BrusselsForum
The US lacks a comprehensive law to regulate Americans' data, opening up vulnerabilities that foreign governments like China can use to their own ends.
1⃣Require third-party data brokers to register with the FTC, pay annual registration fees to fund enforcement, disclose ties to foreign governments and corporations, and establish limits on the types of data that can be sold to third parties without explicit user consent.
While we await @FBoversight’s decision on former President Trump's fate on the platform, ASD experts weigh in on what this decision could mean for tech self-regulation, the big questions facing lawmakers, and our democracy. 🧵washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
According to @LindsayPGorman, this Facebook Oversight decision is a key litmus test for whether country-sized technology companies can effectively regulate themselves. It also could be one of the simplest decisions the board will face.
The decisions FB Oversight will have to make in the next 5 years are far more complicated. How it goes about this decision and the framework it establishes today will give us a clue as to whether Facebook is up to the task of 21st century self-regulation, @LindsayPGorman says