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Alliance for Securing Democracy
@SecureDemocracy
The Alliance for Securing Democracy @gmfus is a nonpartisan, transatlantic initiative that aims to defend against and deter efforts to undermine democracy.
Jun 8, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Here's the latest Hamilton 2.0 data on
👉Russia's #Ukraine war propaganda
👉China's #Xinjiang denials

Read more 👇🧵 and subscribe here: bit.ly/3FpUKP1

securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-topli… U.S. missiles

Putin’s threat that Russia would hit targets in Ukraine “that we have not yet attacked” if Kyiv receives long-range missiles from the United States. Russian messengers claimed Ukraine was planning to hit Russia with U.S. weapons and threatened 🇺🇦's allies.
Jun 8, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
More than a year and a half after the US Capitol riot, the #January6thCommittee will hold its first public hearing this Thursday. Ahead of the hearing, ASD experts answer questions about January 6th, the Big Lie, and how they're impacting US democracy. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/qa-with-asd-ex… What are the facts about the 2020 election?

"The nation’s top intelligence and law enforcement agencies confirmed that there was no evidence of significant interference or election fraud in 2020 and that the results were legitimate," @davidalanlevine says.
Mar 23, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
As Russia continued its assault on Ukraine last week, it also continued to spread disinformation to try to convince the world that Russia is not to blame—and China's messaging largely followed that same line.

🧵of the main narratives we saw on Hamilton
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-topli… ☣️Bioweapons

Kremlin-linked accounts promoted new evidence to support their conspiracy around U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in Ukraine, though the number of tweets from Russian propagandists with the term “biological” dropped by 58 percent compared to the previous week.
Jan 19, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Reorienting foreign aid to fight kleptocracy and strategic corruption—corrosive capital, malign influence, and election interference—calls for stronger methods that are more political and coordinated than classic development aid.

New report by @JoshRudes. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/development-re… Kleptocracies don’t stop at their own borders. The same actors, networks, tactics, and resources that they wield to prevent democracy and rule of law from sprouting at home are also repurposed for foreign aggression.
Dec 8, 2021 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
Starting tomorrow, President Biden will bring together leaders from 110 countries and governments for a virtual #SummitforDemocracy.

ASD experts lay out what to watch over the next two days. 🧵👇

#DemocracyDecember
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/what-to-watch-… Director @LauraLThornton will be looking out for several big picture things at the #SummitforDemocracy, including:

👉how inclusive the event is
👉how much the summit focuses on innovation and sharing solutions
👉how countries crafted their "commitments"
Dec 7, 2021 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Starting soon! Join us! 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!
Dec 7, 2021 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
🚨Starting soon! 🚨

Join us at 10 am EST/ 4pm CET for a discussion on how democracies can combat foreign information operations with @ahonen_anneli, @pumashen, @LeeFosterIntel, @noUpside, and Bret Schafer.

Register👉bit.ly/3nK5VeA 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.
Dec 6, 2021 • 6 tweets • 8 min read
Join ASD tomorrow as we set the stage for Biden's #SummitforDemocracy with events on:

💻 foreign information operations
💵 enablers of malign finance
🗳️ securing democratic elections
🇨🇳 China's economic coercion

Details 👇🧵

#GlobalDemocracyCoalition #DemocracyDecember 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.

Ft. @ahonen_anneli @pumashen @LeeFosterIntel @noUpside

Register👉bit.ly/3nK5VeA Image
Oct 14, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Starting now!

Join us live 👉gmfus.zoom.us/webinar/regist… How do we make our societies more resilient to hybrid threats? We need a whole-of-society approach, @HybridCoE Director Teija Tiilikainen says.
Oct 13, 2021 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
What were Russia, China, and Iran's state-backed messengers talking about this week?

A 🧵on the latest findings from our Hamilton 2.0 Dashboard.
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-topli… Russian diplomats and state-controlled media used surging gas prices in Europe to argue that Moscow’s #NordStream2 pipeline could stabilize the gas market. ImageImage
Jul 20, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
What messages did Russia, Turkey, China, and Iran spread in Germany in June? @kristineberz, @blutguth, and David Metzger explain in their latest analysis of data from our 2021 German Elections Dashboard. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/between-messag… 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
Jun 14, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
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.
Jun 14, 2021 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Starting now! Also featuring @StefanishynaO.

"Resilience is NATO's first line of defense," @NKovalcikova says to open the session. #BrusselsForum "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.
May 26, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
The US lacks a comprehensive law to regulate Americans' data, opening up vulnerabilities that foreign governments like China can use to their own ends.

@LindsayPGorman, Bret Schafer, @tweetclarita, and @ghoshd7 say it's time to focus on concrete solutions.securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/national-secur… Foreign govs can take advantage of the US' fragmented approach to data privacy to surveil Americans, develop targeted biothreats, and more

The authors lay out 5 steps Congress can take to address this problem in our tech policy series w/ @HKS_BizGov.
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/national-secur…
May 4, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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.
May 4, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Chinese diplomats and state-backed media are using India’s coronavirus crisis to denigrate the US and encourage India to step back from its deepening partnerships with democracies, @barros_bryce and @EtienneSoula find in the latest Hamilton analysis.

securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/chinas-state-b… To alleviate strains caused by last summer’s border clashes—during which China's messaging was belligerent—and to drive a wedge between India and other democracies, Chinese officials and state-backed media are attempting to portray China as India’s friend
Apr 29, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
During his first 100 days in office President Biden has:
👉Established new positions for cyber and tech at the NSC
👉Coordinated sanctions with democratic allies
👉Issued national security guidance to counter China

What should Biden do in the next 100 days? ASD experts chime in The Biden admin should appoint a senior-level Foreign Interference Coordinator at the NSC to develop policy responses across government to defend against authoritarian regimes’ operations to undermine democracy, Acting Director Dave Salvo says. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/our-experts-20…
Mar 8, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Russia, China, and Iran have been carrying out info operations to manipulate narratives around #coronavirus vaccines.

ASD analyzed >35,000 vaccine-related messages captured on our Hamilton 2.0 dashboard to understand the impact of these ops. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/russia-china-i… While Russia, China, & Iran covered specific vaxes differently, they shared a common goal: to convince domestic & int'l audiences that their vaccines (or, in Iran, vaccines approved for use) were safer, more effective, & more affordable than certain vaccines produced in the West.
Feb 11, 2021 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
China just announced that it has barred @BBCWorld from airing in China. According to @EtienneSoula, this comes after weeks of particularly harsh criticism of the outlet by the Chinese propaganda network monitored on our Hamilton 2.0 dashboard. 🧵 news.yahoo.com/bbc-world-news… Last week, the British telecommunications regulator revoked CGTN’s license because of the Chinese Communist Party’s editorial control over the channel. Chinese officials were, to put it mildly, displeased. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/securing-democ… Image
Feb 9, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
We've expanded the Authoritarian Interference Tracker! In addition to tracking acts of Russian interference, the tool now catalogues 165 examples of interference from China in more than 20 transatlantic countries since 2000. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/toolbox/author… Like the Russian government, the Chinese government uses 5 tools to interfere in democracies: information manipulation, cyber operations, malign finance, civil society subversion, and economic coercion.securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/a-note-on-comi…
Nov 17, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
China's engagement with Europe has increased significantly over the past decade.

In a new feature video, @rosenbergerlm and @Julie_C_Smith lay out China's toolkit and explain what Europe can do to address this threat and protect democracy. China has increasingly engaged with Europe on a people-to-people basis and on social media, but the biggest change revolves around Chinese investment, @Julie_C_Smith explains. Over 670 Chinese & Hong Kong-based entities w/ ties to mainland China invested in Europe from 2008-2018.