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How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections | The New York Times
by Timothy Naftali
June 30, 2020
On Election Day 2016, the United States braced for a crippling sneak attack by a foreign power. “It was very…
Future historians will need access to coronavirus misinformation.
by Stephen Harrison
May 27, 2020
In March, Facebook was filled with posts that claimed that 5G networks, not a novel coronavirus, were making people sick.…
Thomas Rid on active measures and digital disinformation | Brookings
by Thomas Rid, Jack L. Goldsmith, Quinta Jurecic, and Alina Polyakova
May 19, 2020
With his unique blend of intelligence history and engagement with the contemporary cybersecurity community, Thomas Rid, a professor of strategic…
Ripping reality apart | Popular Information
by Judd Legum
February 11, 2020
Political disinformation existed long before the rise of Donald Trump and social media. In the 1990s, for example, right-wing operatives…
2019 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary | Supreme Court of the United States
by Chief Justice John Roberts
January 2, 2020
In the winter of 1788, New York newspapers reported accounts that medical students were robbing graves so they could practice…
Social Media and Conflict Dynamics on Northern Ireland’s Peace Lines | Toda Peace Institute
by Brendan McCourt
December 3, 2019
At interfaces between the Republican and Nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods and predominantly Loyalist and Unionist Protestant neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland, the…
A. Brad Schwartz
October 16, 2019
A. Brad Schwartz is a Doctoral Student in American History at Princeton University and the author of Broadcast Hysteria: Orson…
Carole McGranahan
October 16, 2019
I am an anthropologist and historian specializing in contemporary Tibet and the USA. My research focuses on issues of colonialism…
Siva Vaidhyanathan
February 11, 2019