The stages of online radicalization
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In March 2022, researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue documented a 324% increase in extremist recruitment attempts targeting Ukrainian refugees across major...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In March 2022, researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue documented a 324% increase in extremist recruitment attempts targeting Ukrainian refugees across major...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In December 2023, researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory documented a sophisticated disinformation campaign targeting European audiences through exploiting confirmation bias and availability...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In October 2024, NATO formally designated cognitive warfare as a sixth operational domain alongside land, sea, air, space, and cyber. This classification emerged...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In March 2022, the Stanford Internet Observatory published a comprehensive analysis of a documented influence operation spanning six years across 281 platforms, involving...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In February 2022, the Stanford Internet Observatory documented a sophisticated coordinated inauthentic behavior campaign targeting European audiences during the early weeks of Russia’s...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In October 2022, the Digital Forensic Research Lab documented a coordinated information operation targeting European energy security discourse. The campaign, traced across 15...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In March 2023, a deepfake video depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy surrendering to Russian forces circulated across social media platforms before being rapidly...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In October 2016, the term «Pizzagate» began trending across social media platforms, eventually culminating in an armed individual arriving at a Washington D.C....
SITUATION ASSESSMENT: The Neural Battleground In 2022, researchers at Temple University documented a concerning development in consumer manipulation tactics: major retail chains were implementing eye-tracking...