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Aug 1, 2018

Graham Brookie quoted by Vice on election interference campaigns on Facebook

By Atlantic Council

Graham Brookie spoke to Vice about the removal of Facebook pages tied to an election interference campaign on the platform.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 30, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Hashtags For Cash In Mexico

By Ben Nimmo

Before Mexico’s presidential election, a network of Twitter accounts has been pushing partisan messages apparently paid for by local political groups.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 28, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Trending Beyond Borders in Mexico

By Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan, Jose Luis Peñarredonda, and Kanishk Karan

Ahead of Mexico’s presidential election on July 1, a network of Facebook pages and Twitter accounts has been promoting partisan political messages, most of them attacking front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 17, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Eyes on Colombia from Venezuela

By Jose Luis Peñarredonda

The Colombian elections have spurred significant interest in Venezuela, as evidenced by the social media activity of accounts based in the country or managed by Venezuelans.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 7, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Down Ballot Bots in Mexico

By Donara Barojan

Researchers have observed the use of bots for the purpose of promoting candidates, campaign materials, and opposition research for Mexico's election.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jun 7, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Fraud Claims in Colombia

By Jose Luis Peñarredonda

After the first round in Colombia’s presidential election, citizens shared claims on social media of ballot tampering in favor of candidate Iván Duque.

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Issue Brief

Apr 30, 2018

From legacy to digital: Ukraine’s plugged-in economy

By Andrei Kirilenko and Tetyana Tyshchuk

The information technology (IT) industry is a bright spot in Ukraine’s patchy record of uneven progress, missed opportunities, and unfulfilled expectations. Despite the war, unfavorable investment climate, and weak institutions, Ukraine’s IT industry has been experiencing double-digit growth for several years running.

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Issue Brief

Apr 30, 2018

From legacy to digital: Ukraine’s plugged-in economy

By Andrei Kirilenko and Tetyana Tyshchuk

“Unlike in the legacy industries, there are no Ukrainian IT oligarchs, no IT-supported political parties in the Rada, and no IT-controlled Ukrainian media channels,” argue Andrei Kirilenko and Tetyana Tyshchuk in From Legacy to Digital: Ukraine’s Plugged-in Economy, a new issue brief by the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. In fact, Ukraine has a long and […]

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Sep 26, 2017

The MADCOM future

By Matt Chessen

Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools will provide propagandists radically enhanced capabilities to manipulate human minds. Human cognition is a complex system, and AI tools are very good at decoding complex systems. Interactions on social media, browsing the Internet, and even grocery shopping provide thousands of data points from which technologists can build psychological profiles on nearly […]

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Sep 25, 2017

Digital Disinformation: A Primer

By Tim Hwang

“Revelations around Russian efforts to shape the 2016 US presidential election through the use of disinformation, bots, and hacking have thrust the problems of “fake news” and social media manipulation into the public spotlight,” writes Tim Hwang, director of the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund, in “Digital Disinformation: A Primer,” a new publication […]

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