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Shattering Illusions: How Cyber Threat Intelligence Augments Legal Action against Russia’s Influence Operations
Recent U.S. Department of Justice actions against Russia's covert influence operations underscores the efficacy of legal countermeasures founded on actionable cyber threat intelligence.…

AI at UNGA79: Recapping Key Themes
Leaders emphasized the importance of global AI governance at this year's U.N. General Assembly high-level week.

Summary of DOJ Indictment of Iranian 2024 Election Interference
Editor’s note: Readers may also be interested in David Aaron’s analysis of the indictment. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced charges in another state-sponsored…

Analysis of Remarkable and Unremarkable Aspects of Iranian 2024 Election Interference Indictment
What's novel and what's routine in the indictment of the three alleged Iranian government operatives.

The Next Step for USAID’s New Digital Policy: Account for Conflict Risks and Include Peacebuilding
These elements are vital to ensuring that the agency's aid programs related to digital technology address drivers of violent conflict and fragility, and mitigate risks.

Rethinking the United Nations Cybercrime Treaty
The U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime clearly challenges the democratic vision for a free Internet and puts the United States on the spot.

Musk, X, and Trump 2024: Where are the Legal and Ethical Boundaries?
Analysis of the ethical and legal lines for social media companies in influencing the outcome of a presidential election, in light of Elon Musk's support for former President Trump.

Vlogging International Criminal Justice? Digital Optics at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), tasked with addressing the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime, has ventured into uncharted territory: TikTok.

Don’t Downplay Risks of AI for Democracy
In the midst of the first-ever round of AI-influenced elections globally, it’s important to guard against a false sense of security.

The UN Cybercrime Convention: Analyzing the Risks to Human Rights and Global Privacy
A detailed analysis of the human rights and digital privacy implications of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime.

Our Lives Depend on the Cloud. Now What?
The CrowdStrike outage should be viewed not as a one-off mistake but as a harbinger of things to come.

AI’s Potential to Advance Human Rights? Striking the Right Balance
The risks of AI are well-known, but devoting more effort to understanding its benefits towards human rights will help harness its potential.