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Winning Without Fighting: Russia’s Digital Propaganda War in Ukraine and What It Means for Global Order
On the morning of February 25, 2022, less than 24 hours after Russian forces crossed into Ukraine, a message began spreading across social media...
Silicon Valley’s New Diplomacy: When Platforms Become Foreign Policy Players
For much of modern history, diplomacy had been the exclusive business of states. Governments answerable to citizens or institutions negotiated treaties, passed messages through...
Beijing Claims CIA Running Disinformation Campaigns Against Its Global Projects
Chinese intelligence and security agencies have detected covert campaigns led by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on social media, aimed at discrediting the...
UK Considers Ban on Social Media for Under-16s and AI Chatbot Safety Rules
The United Kingdom government is considering an Australian-style ban on social media use for children under 16, potentially implementing it within months of the...
Russia bans WhatsApp, elevates state-controlled platform
WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms, has been entirely banned in Russia for not following local laws. The Kremlin has suggested that Russians use MAX,...
Big Tech Faces New Crackdown from European Regulators
European regulators have initiated various investigations into major technology companies in recent years.Alphabet, Google's parent company, is under investigation by the European Commission for...
Why Some Influencer Campaigns Explode: Network Effects, Social Proof, and Timing
When people say a campaign exploded, they usually mean it did something rare: performance got stronger over time instead of fading after the first...
How TikTok’s Algorithm Knows You Better Than You Do
The content recommendation algorithm behind TikTok is under scrutiny after its owner, ByteDance, formed a joint venture with American and global investors, including Oracle,...
Keith Lee Is TikTok USA’s First-Ever Creator of the Year
Content creators from various fields came together in Hollywood for the first U. S. TikTok Awards. The event featured fun activities such as Labubu...
How Globalized Fraud Made Its Way into Silicon Valley
The Scene Everyone Pretends Not to See
Somewhere in Shenzhen, China, a small advertising firm spins up a Facebook account using a fake name, a...