Disinformation Is a Never-Ending Story
September 5, 2018
By Robert K. Ackerman
It’s a whole new world for propaganda mavens seeking to influence democracies.
Foreign influence operations against the United States and its allies are likely to proliferate as more nations with propaganda agendas learn how to exploit social media technologies, say intelligence community experts. Russia’s attempts to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election are only the tip of the iceberg, and government must learn how to work with industry to counter these efforts.
This dynamic and sensitive topic—protecting the United States from influence operations—was the focus of a breakout panel session on the second day of the 2018 Intelligence and National Security Summit sponsored by AFCEA International and INSA at National Harbor, Maryland. The dynamic nature comes from the changing characteristics of mass and social media; its sensitivity owes to the conflict of government media management in a free-speech democracy. Panelists agreed that the United States must fight foreign disinformation, but they agreed no single solution will suffice in this changing arena.
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