Social Media Ideas for Foreign Influence Operations

Not all foreign influence in the Philippines is malign

Foreign influence operations in the Philippines have drawn increasing concern, ranging from soft power diplomacy to covert manipulation of institutions. Much of the alarm focuses o...

Trump admin's retreat from foreign-influence fight is weakening US defenses, sources say

States and industry report getting less help from the federal government ahead of the midterms—even as AI gives foreign operatives a boost.

OpenAI says Iran, Russia influence ops busted

OpenAI on Thursday said it shut down two influence operations -- from Russia and Iran -- that used ChatGPT to push fake journalist personas and run a "think-tank" to covertly peddl...

Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 2: Russia’s Use of Social Media, wi...

Russian trolls reached millions of Americans on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, the Senate Intelligence Committee found. This Russian social media interference report shows how t...

Foreign Interference and the Democratic Self-Defense Trap: A European Perspective Going into the 2026 Midterms

How to safeguard elections against genuine foreign interference while preventing incumbent governments from exploiting allegations of interference to undermine voting rights? The p...

Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns

The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.

Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and...

The Senate Intelligence Committee's counterintelligence threats report details Paul Manafort's contacts with a Russian intelligence officer and the FBI's handling of the Steele dos...

Foreign influence watchdog ‘aware of concerns’ about Alberta referendum

Canadians acting on behalf of foreign nations to influence Alberta referendum question must register with new foreign influence commissioner or face penalties.

Democrats hire foreigners after warning of foreign election interference

Brianna Lyman writes for the Federalist about Democrats’ dubious approach toward election integrity. In 2016, Democrats launched the Russia Collusion hoax and went so far as to spy...

China escalating election interference efforts, NSB says

Lawmakers say they are standing at the gates against 'Trojan horses' promoting malign foreign interests

House Foreign Affairs Committee members allege CodePink and other groups serve as "Trojan horses" for foreign influence, calling for transparency and FARA disclosure.

The Color Revolution Comes Home: Ex-USAID Operatives, DSA Networks, and a Playbook Aimed at the American Republic

By Stephen Zogopoulos, USNN World News In the interview titled “DataRepublican: The Democrat Plan For A Color Revolution: Everything You Need To Know,” the researcher and her inter...

X finds Chinese bot farm pushing anti-data-center messages on Americans

The social media platform X said it uncovered a Chinese influence operation to turn Americans against AI development and construction of data centers.

Taiwan Warns of CCP AI Election Interference Targeting Voters Ahead of Nov. 28

Taiwanese national security officials say Beijing is using artificial intelligence, fabricated social media identities and targeted political messaging to influence voters before T...

Democrats Warned About Foreign Election Interference Then Hired Foreign Nationals

In 2016, Democrats launched the Russia Collusion hoax and went so far as to spy on President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign over phony allegations he colluded with Russia to...

Iran-linked social media accounts posing as Israelis to target election, investigation reveals

An OSINT investigation found 1,516 anomalies among more than 21,000 posts analyzed, including misinformation, foreign framing, and anomalous account behavior.

Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds

The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.

Covert Russian Group Meddles in Texas Senate Race

“Even as President Trump pursued a thawing of relations with the Kremlin this week, a covert Russian influence operation targeted the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Te...

Iran, China create autonomous AI influence campaigns

SAN FRANCISCO >> Iran, China and groups in Israel used artificial intelligence in novel ways in recent months to create first-of-their-kind influence campaigns on social medi...

War Department Prepares to Protect Election From Foreign Interference

Every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and a third of U.S. Senate seats, some 470 contests in all, will be decided during the U.S. midterm elections Nov. 3, and the War De...

Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 4: Review of the Intelligence Commu...

The Senate Intelligence Committee's ICA review report finds the 2017 assessment on Russian interference was built with sound tradecraft and no political pressure, despite a fight o...

Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 1: Russian Efforts Against Election...

Russian hackers scanned election systems in at least 21 states and breached voter registration databases in two, the Senate Intelligence Committee found. This Russian election infr...

DPP China Affairs warns of election interference

OpenAI disrupts a Russian influence campaign tied to the Politology network that targeted schools, media, and foreign of...

Kevin Collier / NBC News: OpenAI disrupts a Russian influence campaign tied to the Politology network that targeted schools, media, and foreign officials, and gives it a 5/6 impact...