Join ASD tomorrow at 10 am EST/ 4 pm CET to discuss which tools are effective at combating malign information operations and which ones could potentially damage the open information space.
Co-Director @ZackCooper will testify before @CECCgov on how China uses economic coercion to silence critics and achieve its political aims globally at 10 am EST/ 4 pm CET tomorrow.
Elections Integrity Fellow @davidalanlevine will join @Int_IDEA for a panel on ways democracies can protect and support their electoral processes as they face unprecedented attacks.
At 10 am EST/ 4 pm CET @kristineberz joins former ASD expert @MattSchrader_DC for an @IRIglobal discussion on how civil society is building democratic resilience to the CCP's influence campaigns in Africa and Latin America.
Just yesterday, the US government released its first ever strategy to combat corruption and kleptocracy. And in the last hour, Treasury has released new regulations on beneficial ownership.
Our panelists will break down what this means over the next hour!
"American law firms have really transformed into what I describe as 'first among equals,'" @cjcmichel says, referring to enablers of malign finance. "They're attempting to cloak so much of this under the guise of attorney-client privilege."
What has Taiwan done to effectively push back against info manipulation?
"Taiwan has been a testing ground for CCP information operations since 1949, so it's fair to say we're quite experienced," @pumashen says. He notes the importance of transparency in democratic responses.
"Keeping the Kremlin accountable for their actions publicly has been a strong signal" that the EU is does not condone Russian info ops, @ahonen_anneli says. The EU's cyber sanctions toolbox can be implemented more widely to further deter these malign operations, she explains.
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 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.
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.