Information Warfare

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A collection of 11 posts

Combatting Misinformation

Andrew Trabulsi (entrepreneur, consultant, and co-editor of Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur) joins me to discuss misinformation, the technology and platforms facilitating it, and the challenges faced in combatting it.

John W. Little Jan 1, 2018 • 1 min read

Information Warfare

Rise of the Politibots

In June (which seems far more distant than it really is) I spent some time at Jigsaw (The Google-formed incubator focused on tackling tough global security issues) contibuting to critical discussions about bots.

John W. Little Nov 3, 2017 • 1 min read

Information Warfare

Motherboard: The Bots That Are Changing Politics

Jigsaw, the Google/Alphabet think-tank, recently invited me and a handful of others to spend a day in New York City thinking about how to build a taxonomy for political bots. It was a productive day and a month or so later we made some of that work public in this essay at Motherboard.

John W. Little Nov 2, 2017 • 1 min read

Covert Contact

Propaganda, Influence, and Disruption

A look at recent developments in the social media component of the investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election and what the evidence says about our ability (or inability) to identify and address modern propaganda.

John W. Little Oct 16, 2017 • 1 min read

Covert Contact

Understanding and Developing Resilience To Information Warfare

Dr. Clint Arizmendi, an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow for the Australian Graduate School of Policing & Security's Terrorism Studies program at Charles Sturt University, joins me to discuss information warfare in episode 75.

John W. Little Sep 18, 2017 • 1 min read

Information Warfare

I Uncovered an Iranian Twitter Campaign and a BBC Interview Followed

In March of 2016 I uncovered an extensive, but poorly executed, campaign to inflate the capabilities of the Iranian military on Twitter. I documented the evidence in a series of Tweets which led to an interview with the BBC

John W. Little Apr 2, 2016 • 2 min read

Social Media

CBC Radio: Talking About ISIS and Social Media on “The Current”

I was a guest on the CBC Radio show The Current to once again talk about how ISIS is using social media. You can listen to it here.

John W. Little Jul 23, 2014 • 1 min read

Social Media

Quoted in l’Express: Marketing et réseaux sociaux: la communication de pro des djihadistes de l’EIIL

I’m quoted in this fairly deep dive on jihadist use of social media. You can read it in French or (via Google Translate) English.

John W. Little Jul 14, 2014 • 1 min read

Journalism

PBS News Hour: A Twitter Chat on Social Media and Warfare

The nice folks at PBS News Hour asked me to take part in a conversation with one of their producers on Twitter. I don’t think the transcript still exists but it was a fun experiment with a new format

John W. Little Jul 13, 2014 • 1 min read

Social Media

Guest Appearance on ABC Radio Sunday Extra to Discuss “The Terror of Social Media”

The media blitz continues with an appearance on ABCs (Australia) Sunday Extra program to discuss ISIS’s use of social media. You can download and listen here.

John W. Little Jun 22, 2014 • 1 min read

Mentions

Talking ISIS’ Use of Social Media with CBS News

I've lost track of the number of interviews I've done on this subject lately. Here's my latest with Alexander Trowbridge for CBS News.

John W. Little Jun 16, 2014 • 1 min read