Responding to Disinformation and Influence Campaigns
summary
Anecdotes show false identity hijacks search results (a same‑name smear requiring a take-down process), nation‑state campaigns that forge documents and get personas removed by platforms (Iranian-linked “Endless Mayfly”), and small operators monetizing clicks via troll networks. Effective responses combine vendor tools and an intelligence center, coordinated comms/legal/security, FBI liaison through the private sector coordinator, and preplanned table‑tops. Quiet de‑escalation works for reputation repair; attribution often lags and shapes long‑term playbooks.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:10How to identify misinformation campaigns
- 3:20Responding to disinformation
- 5:00Malign influence
- 8:05Global problem
- 10:40Protect yourself
- 14:50Russian doctrine
- 16:33The profit motive
- 19:37Sentiment analysis
- 22:22Covid example
- 24:46Early intelligence needs
- 26:09Protecting assets
- 30:14Effective approaches
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