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“Russian Propaganda”: On Social Networks, in Eastern Europe, and Soon Everywhere

... community in information influence, and in Russian information influence in particular. This interest has increased dramatically over the past few years. The authors of the report cite extensively from Clint Watts’s Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News. Watts, a former FBI operative, described the recent changes to the Washington ecosystem in a recent podcast interview . According to him, prior to the 2016 presidential election, Washington’s main fad was cybersecurity, which had replaced ...

31.07.2018

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RIAC Debate “Fake News and World Politics.”

... not change the political reality. Politicians still need to interact with correspondents in person. Amongst the main strategies to fight against this negative phenomenon, the expert singled out a thorough check of facts and active collaboration with social media. Pavel Koshkin noted that the phenomenon of "fake news" is not new. In fact, the targeted use of false information served as an integral part of the military strategy even in ancient history. The expert argued that the “fake news” in the modern world stem from a range of factors, including: ...

21.07.2017

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