Dr Samantha Hoffman

Managing Director at ANS Analytics; nat'l security & tech. Advisor @CIM_Coalition. Nonresident Fellow @NBRnews. @UoNCPI, @UniofOxford, & @floridastate alum.

[Dr Samantha Hoffman @He_Shumei]

🧵 (1/8) MI6 chief Richard Moore "Explaining the "data trap", he said: "If you allow another country to gain access to really critical data about your society, over time that will erode your sovereignty, you no longer have control over that data."
https://t.co/WvLGaGiDjo

[The National Bureau of Asian Research @NBRnews]

"[T]he largest issue is that China has a political system that is fundamentally different from liberal democracies and that is embedded in the #digital technologies and infrastructure researched and developed in #China and exported globally." https://t.co/Dv3MtFii16
@He_Shumei

[The National Bureau of Asian Research @NBRnews]

NBR nonresident fellow @He_Shumei: “When you feel like you’re being monitored, that affects your behavior and your feelings of freedom. [T]here’s an element of state coercion that doesn’t need to have to do with the effectiveness of the technology itself” https://t.co/eAvBymsaCi

[The National Bureau of Asian Research @NBRnews]

NBR nonresident fellow Samantha Hoffman (@He_Shumei) discusses links between social media apps or online games and China's state-controlled propaganda units. https://t.co/skY7bp49Hh via @ABCaustralia

[DGAP @dgapev]

How can 🇪🇺 reduce strategic dependencies on 🇨🇳? In their new report, the Digital Power China research consortium proposes concrete policy instruments to enhance 🇪🇺 technology excellence based on twelve case studies. /1

https://t.co/FMSdM5UpuT

[Dr Samantha Hoffman @He_Shumei]

Thank you to Marc Ablong for his huge support on the project, to @RollandNadege, Charles Parton OBE, and @kentonthibaut for their insightful reviews of the paper, and finally also @CherylYuuu, @fryan & @DariImpio who helped bring the project to a close in its final weeks (11/11)

[Dr Samantha Hoffman @He_Shumei]

Yesterday @catecadell interviewed me on a new @ASPI_org report “China’s propaganda units harvest data from overseas tech firms”, see: The Washington Post https://t.co/aUcCgTVLRA (1/11)

[Dr Samantha Hoffman @He_Shumei]

We make several recommendations focused on solutions that would help to counter the CCP’s information campaigns before they are conducted and to defend against China’s efforts to shape global information standards and core foundational technologies for Web 2.0 and beyond ( 10/11)

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

In 'Truth and reality with Chinese characteristics', @He_Shumei, Tilla Hoja, @YvonneLau_ASPI and Lilly Min-Chen Lee find that the Chinese Communist Party seeks to harvest user data from globally popular Chinese apps, games and online platforms, to “gauge the pulse of public opinion”, gain insight into societal trends and preferences, and thereby improve its propaganda.

🔖 Read the report now 👉 https://t.co/vKWEzXxDrC

[Forum @ NED @ThinkDemocracy]

Check out @NEDLibrary's Sharp Power: Book and Resource List which compiles books, reports, and resources by notable authors, including @Walker_CT, @AndisKudors, @He_Shumei and more: https://t.co/afA8kESGir

[DemocracyResourceCtr @NEDLibrary]

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