Lots of foreign election influence news/drops this week. Here's one from @CISAgov, @FBI, & @ODNIgov highlighting a few tactics we're seeing from the "usual suspects" (Russia, China, Iran): narrative farming, AI generated images & Audio clips, hack & leaks, paying witting & unwitting cutouts (PR firms!) to spread messages, & flooding social media with content to create illusion of consensus.
So what do we do about this:
1) AI Companies need to monitor & disrupt abuse of platforms (in line w/ the Tech Accord to Combat Deceptive Use of AI)
2) Fed govt needs to ID & intervene in Foreign info ops
3) Election officials need to ramp up communications w/ voters on how elections work & where to get authentic info
4) We (the people) need to become harder targets, take a beat before getting riled up.
Remember, the majority of RU, CN, & IRN efforts target on existing divides, they're playing us against each other. If there's one thing most people hate is getting manipulated, and the Kremlin is trying its damnedest here...
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@Acosta@ruthbenghiat is fantastic- one of my favorite follows. She offers a lot of great and helpful (albeit often scary) insight to what is happening right now.