Austin Merkel, Elizabeth Meyer, Grace Robertson, Simon Rysin, Kuro Tawil, Arthur Yong The Bellwether team at the Global Disinformation Lab at the University of Texas is investigating the link between disinformation and U.S. presidential elections as digital media and...
Written by Kevin Lentz Japan’s new strategic documents indicate two overlapping lines of effort regarding the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) cyber defense force over the next ten years. These can be characterized as ‘domainification’ and ‘integration.’...
This blog is the first publication of the Cyber Pacific project at the Global Disinformation Lab. The goal of the project is to investigate today’s cyberspace through the lens of US strategic interest and identify a policy framework that can facilitate more...
Authors: Alexander Lopez, Moo Sun Kim, Jinpeng Li Introduction On September 16 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, known to her Kurdish family and community as Jina, was pronounced dead at the Kasra Hospital in Tehran. Three days earlier she had been detained by morality...
Perhaps the only thing that travels faster than a lie is a lie promoted on the internet. Disinformation evolves and adjusts rapidly for even the smallest of targeted social groups. With over 190 countries in the world – and each country hosting numerous social groups...
Google “Baba Vanga” and you will get almost three million English-language hits that link to sites and posts about this legendary Bulgarian. Baba (or Grandmother) Vanga became famous in her lifetime (1911-1996) and continues to capture the imagination of Bulgairans...