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The photo shows a crowd of youth walking under at least two beams holding multiple cameras each, with trees in the background. Many of the students are wearing red, yellow and black uniforms or pink ones.

Early Warning in Atrocity Scenarios Must Account for the Effects of Technology, Good or Bad

Atrocity-prevention systems developed before the spread of new technologies need to more systematically account for their impacts.

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.
An individual in an orange vest sits in a field, apparently shooting a video selfie.

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.
In this photo illustration, WeChat, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram,TikTok Messenger, Snapchat and X applications logos are displayed on the screen of an iPhone

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.
A screen displays an announcement on possible travel delays due to a global IT outage Gatwick Airport on July 19, 2024 in Crawley, United Kingdom

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.
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Austria’s Progressive Stance on Cyber Operations and International Law

Austria's position is likely to influence ongoing international efforts to establish norms and principles that govern State conduct in cyberspace, potentially leading to more robust…
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Software Backdoor is a Wakeup Call for Cybersecurity

As shown by the xz backdoor, relying on luck is not a sustainable cybersecurity strategy when much of the world depends on secure software.
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Why We Need a National Data Protection Strategy

A national data protection strategy would better position the United States to follow through on the promise to protect personal data as a national security imperative.
In this illustration photo, a person reads YouTube blog's update on US election misinformation in Los Angeles, June 2, 2023, the day YouTube said it would stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 US elections were plagued by "fraud, errors or glitches." The policy reversal drew a rebuke from campaigners.

Multiple Threats Converge to Heighten Disinformation Risks to This Year’s US Elections

Both the private sector and government will have to work more seriously to help safeguard American democracy from falsehoods.
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The Draft UN Cybercrime Treaty Is Overbroad and Falls Short On Human Rights Protection

If adopted, the draft treaty would allow States to undermine human rights protection and security of digital communications.
In this picture taken on Jan. 9, 2023, content creator Narendra Verma (C) speaks with his team members during the shooting of a scripted video in Sitapur, in India's Uttar Pradesh state. The acting is dire and the scenarios fake, but staged videos are peddling disinformation and fanning sectarian tensions in India, which has seen rising Hindu radicalization under nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A different operation allegedly distributing false conspiracy theories targeting US-based groups critical of Modi's policies and practices, Disinfo Lab, was the subject of a December 2023 investigative article in the Washington Post. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Beyond Alleged Assassination Plots, India’s Modi is Silencing US Critics Digitally Too

The Biden administration must remind the Indian government that a true democracy must respect the fundamental right to dissent.
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