Researching public-private partnership in cyber | PhDing @SAISHopkins @Alperovitch | Fellow @DFRLab | formerly @BKCHarvard
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🚨New publication alert 🚨Forum on the practices and politics of cybersecurity expertise w. @HDiplo out now! It's been an honour to have served as editor w. wonderful @rebeccamSlayton for these fantastic set of authors and topics issforum.org/policy-roundtab… [A thread]:
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NEW: Authorities in #Iran are wielding high-tech weapons & brute force to quell demonstrations. But protesters in #Tehran tell us it won’t deter them. Plus, a look at the cyber attack that spurred Albania to cut off all diplomatic ties with Iran.
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And here’s your full read up of the story, including analysis and thoughts from @schatzah, @tehillaaltshul1, @SiminK_
bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-…
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Human content moderation requires more than knowing how to speak a language. It requires understanding of cultural context and the on-the-ground situation. @DFRLab's @SiminK_ explains what it takes to get platforms to take direct action.
See more: atlanticcouncil.org/event/ir…
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LIVE—Iranians on #SocialMedia: The only way to be heard featuring @hdagres, @SiminK_ , @maasalan, & @meghara nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1vAxRkprL…
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FBI connects the Iranian actors behind the 2020 elections Proud Boys incident - Emennet Pasargad (formerly known as Eeleyanet Gostar) - to the Yemen Cyber Army and espionage ops going back to 2018. They are IRGC contractors. 1/x ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/2201…
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If you want to know when a cyber attack amounts to warfare read how Act of War is interpreted in courts ruling on insurance policy exclusions—- Merck wins cyber-insurance lawsuit related to NotPetya attack therecord.media/merck-wins-c…
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When it comes to #AI and #disinformation, #deepfakes have captured much angst, hype, & policy attention. Yet this outsized focus risked missing other potent implications. So my team on the CyberAI project @CSETGeorgetown asked: what else are we missing? Here is what we found:🧵
🎉New Policy Brief🎉
From large language models to #deepfakes & chatbots, @LUMKatrusya, Christine McNeill, @princessauroraj, @_aditi_joshi & @idowulkan examine how #AI will supercharge #disinformation campaigns to erode trust. cset.georgetown.edu/publicat…
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"The idea of perfection of these algorithms…can cause harm as well.” YES @Rosejackson3
Today, @DFRLab Democracy & Tech Initiative Director @rosejackson3 testifies before the US Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband on Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms: Addressing the Harms of Persuasive Technology. 🧵👇
Watch live: commerce.senate.gov/
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The #Iranian government has long maintained a tight grip on broadcasting and multimedia production in the country. Our new report by @SiminK_ explores the efforts for the privatisation of IPTV in Iran and the political tensions surrounding their regulation bit.ly/3Blypir
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The idea that “the algorithm” is sacrosanct & any modification to it is censorship is nonsense. It’s just a bunch of people in a room deciding what to give weight to. Outrage? Sensationalism? Or something better? That decision can have profound impact. wired.com/story/free-speech-…
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We are looking for two PhD students to join the Alperovitch Institute at @SAISHopkins to work on cybersecurity and international affairs. We will recruit two more each year, until we reach a cohort of eight. Fully funded. Deadline: 15 Dec 2021. alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu/sch…
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Operations like this tend to be about making noise: creating the impression that a viewpoint is more popular than it is.
In this case, hundreds of fakes were detected and blocked over the years of this op. It looks like most of the rest struggled to build an audience.
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Let's hope not. This is a disastrous first step in implementing a much more repressive surveillance and information control regime. Privileged users will need to use government-issued VPNs to access these sites. 1/5
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At long last, the @2020Partnership is excited to release “The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election,” the culmination of months of work among approximately 120 people working across 4 organizations: @stanfordio @uwcip @Grapika_NYC and @DFRLab
eipartnership.net/report
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🚨 New policy post from the Virality Project: As vaccine rollout in the US is underway, we evaluate the COVID-19 vaccine policies of 9 different platforms. Here are some of the key takeaways. 1/7 viralityproject.org/policy-a…
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Facebook leaving Australia over a law it doesn’t like, implies it agrees with laws in other countries >> such as the new media law in Turkey that Human Rights Watch says allows the government to remove content at will. (Please add examples). All that matters is $ the rest is BS
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SCOOP: #Iran’s richly funded hollow propaganda horn. My latest on @asiatimesonline about the generous funding going to the state broadcaster IRIB, now criticized by the majority of Iranians as a mouthpiece of ultra-conservatives and hardliners. asiatimes.com/2021/02/irans-…
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1/ 📢 Out Today: A new report on the contours of Parler. Our team examines growth dynamics (non) moderation policies, and platform growth in 🇧🇷 and 🇸🇦 .
🔗 and 🧵⤵️
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/ne…