American propaganda during World War I and II: Strategic communication evolution in total war By 1918, the Committee on Public Information had distributed over 75...
The psychological foundations of why we believe fake news In October 2016, a fabricated story claiming Pope Francis had endorsed Donald Trump spread across social...
The Psychology Behind Social Engineering Attacks In October 2020, a Twitter employee received what appeared to be a routine IT support call. The caller, claiming...
The Rabbit Hole Effect: How Algorithmic Architecture Shapes Extremist Pathways In November 2022, the Mozilla Foundation’s investigation into YouTube’s recommendation algorithm revealed that users searching...
The history of the study of cognitive biases extends far beyond academic psychology—it has become a cornerstone of modern information operations and cognitive warfare doctrine....
When the Wagner Group’s media apparatus began systematically impersonating local news outlets across the Central African Republic in late 2022, it marked a tactical shift...
In March 2024, the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats published findings on a coordinated disinformation campaign targeting European energy infrastructure narratives. What...
In December 2023, a fabricated video purporting to show Ukrainian officials burning U.S. aid packages spread across Telegram channels before migrating to mainstream social platforms,...
When Estonia’s government went fully digital in 2014, officials described the initiative as advancing digital sovereignty—the capacity to maintain autonomous control over national digital infrastructure...