How Russia Exploits Antivaxx Sentiment to Spread Energy Disinformation
The prospect of a cold winter makes energy a hot topic in Europe. Russia, aiming to chip away at Western support for Ukraine, has an interest in stoking people’s fears. And where does Russia find enthusiastic supporters? You guessed it — among public health skeptics.
This is the first episode of...
December 7, 2022 - Fred Wertheimer | Sarah Leah Whitson | Bret Schafer
Far Right Supreme Court Justices Seem to Support a Dangerous Fringe Theory That Could Upend Our Elections | The Biden Administration Gets a Lawsuit Against MBS Dismissed in Return he Greets China's Leader With a State Visit | Why Are Top US Conservatives Giving Aid and Comfort to Putin?
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No Limits Partnership: The China-Russia Information Nexus - with Bret Schafer
Event recorded live at IWP, DC, on March 2, 2023.
This event is part of the China Lecture Series
About the Lecture
Throughout Russia’s war in Ukraine, Chinese messengers have surprised many Western observers by framing the conflict on Putin’s terms, promoting pro-Kremlin narratives, and embracin...
No Limits Partnership: The China-Russia Information Nexus - with Bret Schafer
Event recorded live at IWP, DC, on March 2, 2023.
This event is part of the China Lecture Series
About the Lecture
Throughout Russia’s war in Ukraine, Chinese messengers have surprised many Western observers by framing the conflict on Putin’s terms, promoting pro-Kremlin narratives, and embracin...
Russia’s latest election interference target: U.S. influencers
Russia’s latest effort to meddle in American politics involved a scheme centered on conservative internet influencers in the U.S., the Justice Department revealed recently. It’s yet another sign that the interplay between foreign and domestic disinformation campaigns is as tight as ever. On POLIT...
24. Special Transatlantic Talks Series: Countering Foreign Information Manipulation
In this last episode of the Special Transatlantic Talks series, we explore approaches to counter foreign information manipulation, the different approaches in the US and the Europe, as well as specific tools such as the Hamilton 2.0 dashboard.
Moderated by AIES Director Michael Zinkanell, this di...
Defeating Disinformation
In this edition of the Savvy Citizen podcast, host Adam Gaub sits down with Bret Schafer and Krystyna Sikora of the Alliance for Securing Democracy--an organization devoted to exposing, analyzing, and developing strategies to counter foreign information manipulation and interference in democracie...
AI, propaganda, and the future of democracy
Authoritarian governments are harnessing artificial intelligence to undermine democracies. That's according to Bret Schafer, head of the Alliance for Securing Democracy’s information manipulation team. Schafer studies how state and non-state actors use AI to create and spread propaganda, and how ...
Navigating the Age of Disinformation
In this episode of "Disinformation," host Paul Brandus and analyst Meredith Wilson explore the overwhelming amount of information that bombards us each day. Dr. Daniel Levitin, a cognitive psychologist and author, explains that we are faced with five times more information than ever before, makin...
