Podcasts about likewar the weaponization

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Last week I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Social media and its Impact' from the book titled ‘LikeWar – The Weaponization of Social Media' by Peter Singer and Emerson Brooking. In this book the authors explore amongst many other things the collision of war, politics, and social media,   →

On this episode of Virtual Sentiments, Kristen interviews Emerson T. Brooking, a resident senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council, on the presence of disinformation in social media. Brooking gives his definition of disinformation and highlights particular aspects of social media that frequently interact with the rapid expansion of disinformation. The two also discuss the incentives behind disinformation and how the expansion of one's audience can play into the propagation of disinformation. Brooking goes on to share his views on why disinformation is not a problem to be solved but rather a feature of communications technology to be considered when making decisions. Additionally, Brooking shares how his upbringing in rural Georgia shaped his views of communications technology and gave him insight into the role of local journalism in fostering trust among individuals. To learn more about the topics discussed in today's conversation, consider reading Emerson Brooking's book: LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media.Read more work from Emerson Brooking.Read more work from Kristen Collins.If you like the show, please leave a 5-star review for us on Apple Podcasts and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and wherever else you get your podcasts.Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramLearn more about Academic & Student ProgramsFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatus

This week we're covering the range of national security related topics that have been making headlines. Host Elisa is joined by Bill Banks to discuss the latest impacts of climate change, Ukraine's comeback, China's elections, and looking back on 21 years since the attacks on 9/11. And stick around towards the end of the episode for NSLT's latest book recommendations! Bill Banks is Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security Advisory Committee, and Emeritus Professor at the Syracuse University College of Law: http://law.syr.edu/profile/william-banks1 References: Register for the 32nd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference – The Past, Present and Future: Celebrating 60 Years of the Standing Committee on Law and National Security – November 17th–18th, 2022: https://web.cvent.com/event/587890d9-7f23-4662-af87-6f106dedfece/summary The National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF): https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ40/PLAW-107publ40.pdf The Patriot Act: https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ56/PLAW-107publ56.pdf Fisher, Max. The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World. Little, Brown, 2023: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/max-fisher/the-chaos-machine/9780316703314/ Singer, P. W., and Emerson T. Brooking. Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media. Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. https://www.likewarbook.com Canellos, Peter S. The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Great-Dissenter/Peter-S-Canellos/9781501188213 Wallach, Ari. Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs: An Antidote for Short-Termism. HarperOne, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022. https://www.longpath.org/book Feingold, Russ, and Peter Prindiville. The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do About It. PublicAffairs, 2022. https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/russ-feingold/the-constitution-in-jeopardy/9781541701526/

Information and disinformation campaigns are centuries old, but our social media era has given new and rapid thrust to the sharing of ideas, both for good and ill intent. Meg Steenburgh and Peter W. Singer discuss his book, LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, which analyzes the poisonous effects of disinformation on politics, war, and social issues worldwide. They look at the role of governments, laws, and individuals; and our collective responsibility to support digital literacy and engage in positive digital citizenship.  Peter Warren Singer is strategist at New America, a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, and founder and managing partner at Useful Fiction LLC. Thank you to our sponsor NBI.

Information and disinformation campaigns are centuries old, but our social media era has given new and rapid thrust to the sharing of ideas, both for good and ill intent. Meg Steenburgh and Peter W. Singer discuss his book, LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, which analyzes the poisonous effects of disinformation on politics, war, and social issues worldwide. They look at the role of governments, laws, and individuals; and our collective responsibility to support digital literacy and engage in positive digital citizenship.  Peter Warren Singer is strategist at New America, a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, and founder and managing partner at Useful Fiction LLC. Thank you to our sponsor NBI.

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, governments' and private companies' moves to limit or ban Russian state media have rapidly spread from the European Union, to the United States, South Africa, Australia and elsewhere. The cascade of developments harkens back to the World War II period, when governments regarded German propaganda as a weapon of war and used tools such as short wave radio to reach citizens behind enemy lines to penetrate the Axis power's internal information environment. (The BBC, as if to underscore this point, announced Thursday it would resurrect the use of shortwave radio to broadcast news into Ukraine and parts of Russia). In order to put these new developments in historical context, we hear from two experts on the role of information and media in war:  Heidi Tworek, a Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of British Columbia and author of News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900–1945, a book that details how the Nazis used news and information to advance their agenda; and Emerson Brooking, Resident Senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council and author of LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, which considers how social media is changing the nature of war and conflict.

This week, we have two segments. The first is a conversation with Emerson T. Brooking, a resident senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council, about the fall of Kabul and the rise of the Taliban, and the role that digital and social media have and will continue to play there. And second, we turn to a discussion I had with Emerson's Atlantic Council college, Rose Jackson, and the Institute for Security Technology's Vera Zakem, about the nascent pro-democracy effort around tech issues and tech policy around the world, and the challenges it faces. First, to Afghanistan, where the fall of the Taliban was broadcast around the world by Taliban fighters themselves, sharing photos and selfies as they walked in to official residences and government offices, announcing their victory in the war in Afghanistan. To talk more about the role of social media in their return to power and what to expect in the future, we spoke with DFRLab's Emerson T. Brooking. Emerson is the coauthor of LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, and is an expert in the fields of disinformation, terrorist communication, and internet policy, and recently led an initiative to secure the integrity of the 2020 U.S. election. I caught up with on Thursday of this week. Second, on to a conversation hosted before Afghanistan took over the headlines, about the future of democracy and its relationship with technology. My two guests are experts on these subjects. Rose Jackson is an entrepreneur and former diplomat with 15+ years of experience strengthening democracy and defending human rights, leveraging technology for social impact, and building institutions to support democratic activists around the world. Jackson is currently the director of the Democracy & Tech Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. She previously founded and served as CEO of Beacon, a platform leveraging data and marketing technology to make it easier for people to take meaningful civic and political action. Prior to founding her company, Jackson served as a senior policy adviser at the Open Society Foundations (OSF) where she led a presidential transition initiative focused on reforming U.S. support to foreign military and police. During the Obama Administration, Jackson served as the Chief of Staff to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the State Department, and before that as an advisor to Senator Chris Coons on foreign policy and national security issues as a Galloway Fellow. Vera Zakem is currently a Senior Technology and Policy Advisor at the Institute for Security and Technology and a founder of a mission-driven agency, Zakem Global Strategies. Previously, she led strategy and research at Twitter. She has also worked for a number of national security policy and research organizations, including the CNA Corporation, where she spearheaded initiatives to understand and develop policies to counter disinformation and global malign influence. She is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Tech Advisory Council for Atlas Corps. 

If the first wars were fought with sticks and stones, modern warfare is a high-tech battlefield where social media has emerged as a surprising — and effective — weapon. From Russian hacking to influence the American election to online recruitment for terror groups such as ISIS, an array of players are using false news and bogus accounts to stoke fear, incite violence and manipulate outcomes.Authors Peter W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking describe this as “likewar,” a term that plays on the Facebook “like” feature. In their new book, LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, they explain how these platforms have become persuasive tools of propaganda. The recently joined the Knowledge@Wharton radio show on Sirius XM to discuss their work.An edited transcript of the conversation follows.Knowledge@Wharton: It is incredible how social media has developed and expanded rapidly in the last 20 years, and the impact it has had on politics.Peter Singer: It's absolutely fascinating. One of the people we interviewed for the book was the literal godfather of the internet itself, Vint Cerf. He talked about how it was once this military network for scientists, and then there was this moment when the scientists began to email back and forth about science fiction. That's when he realized, “Hold it. It's become this social thing.”You move forward, and now [there's] Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, you name it. They're not just the nervous system of the modern world, they're where we do business. They're where we set up dates. But they've also become this space of battle, and battle over everything from political campaigns to use in military operations, marketing wars, you name it.One of the things that the book is about is essentially how, if cyberwar was the hacking of networks that both governments and businesses have had to deal with, we now have this phenomenon of what we call “likewar,” which is the hacking of the people on the networks by this mix of “likes,” but also lies.Knowledge@Wharton: You think about the stories we've heard about ISIS and other organizations using social media to recruit people. Can you talk about that?Emerson Brooking: This issue came on our radar and the radar of a lot of folks across the country back in the summer of 2014, when the Islamic State invaded northern Iraq. They only had about 1,500 militants. They had pickup trucks and secondhand weapons from a lot of militant groups past.But they did something new, and that was instead of keep their invasion a secret, they actually tweeted about it. They had a hashtag campaign, #AllEyesOnISIS, which they used to consolidate and broadcast their propaganda. And they had a huge network of both passionate supporters but also Twitter bots, which they used to lock down the trending hashtags on Twitter for the Arabic-speaking users.“Over a very short period of time, a handful of tech geeks have become among the most powerful figures in all of politics and war.”As a result of that, even though they only had a small invading force, they were effectively able to spread fear [and seem to become] much greater than they were, and pushed these demoralized defenders of a city like Mosul — with 1.5 million residents — to drop their weapons and flee. In the process, ISIS started scoring these propaganda videos and weaving them back into their online messaging. It became a source of great inspiration for people following along at home.It was a direct result of these online tactics that they were able to recruit some 30,000 fighters from the Middle East, but also the wider world — more than 100 countries where people would leave their homes to journey to Syria and Iraq to join them. Or if that wasn't possible, they felt inspired to commit acts of violence at home.

Chinese-speaking operators are reported to be phishing to compromise devices belonging to Uyghurs. The US Department of Homeland Security issues pipeline cybersecurity regulations. Security companies take various approaches to offering decryptors against ransomware. Huawei would like to chat with President Biden. Rick Howard speaks with authors Peter Singer and Emerson Brooking on their book "LikeWar - The Weaponization of Social Media". Our guest is Darren Shou of NortonLifeLock on the findings of the 6th annual Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report. And a few notes on privateers, then and now, whether on High Barbaree or the dark net. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/102

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support I've had lots of deliveries this month including a RODE NT–USB microphone (I'm recording my podcast on it), beautiful coffee from Allpress, and a leather jacket that makes it look like I'm having a quarter-life-crisis courtesy of Allsaints. I've also replenished some of my favourites including perfumes Tacit and Marrakech Intense from Aesop, and Thread's 20% off sale led me to buy a second pair of Grenson sneakers; my current pair have served me for almost two-and-a-half years (and still have a long time to go) but I couldn't say no to a £40 discount… In terms of food (eating tonnes of Mini Eggs doesn't count), Alvin Zhou's YouTube channel is filled with recipes that take an insane amount of time to prepare, from six-hour cheeseburgers to 100-hour brownies. I made the latter earlier this month and the wait was definitely worth it. I've also trialed Pasta Evangelists recently, the subscription model that delivers fresh pasta to your door. The Carbonara of Dreams certainly lives up to its name so keep checking their weekly menu and pick up a portion (or six – they freeze) when you get the chance. These chicken shashlik burritos with mango yoghurt are to die for – they remind me of the street-food stands down London's Leather Lane, around the corner from our pre-pandemic office. As well as foodie YouTube channels, I've also been watching a few other things. WandaVision took an unexpected turn right after I sent my last update and news that LOST, Prison Break and a bunch more shows were coming to Disney+ was also welcome, even if I do already own all four seasons of Ugly Betty on Apple TV+. I've been watching that this month. The waitlist for Apple's HomePod Mini is down to just three-days instead of its pre-Christmas three-months. It's a little dumber than Amazon's smartspeaker offering but as someone very invested in the Apple ecosystem, I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The ability to handoff between phone and speaker just by bringing one closer to the other is really nice. A new speaker means I've been using it to listen to lots more things including Femi and Made Kuti's new Afrobeat double album, Legacy+ and less than a year after her debut solo album, Paramore's Hayley Williams has another collection of 14 songs titled Flowers for Vases / Descansos. As Arielle Gordon writes for Pitchfork: If Petals for Armor [her first solo record] danced on the graves of her failed romances, Flowers for Vases revisits their tombstones with a mournful glance at what had been. As for podcasts, I'm not sure Luminary would appreciate the way I game their subscription model, which is to take out a single month subscription, binge-listen to their paywalled podcasts, and then cancel. I've been listening to episodes of Russell Brand's Under The Skin that have been released since the last time I abused their payment model. In the non-paywalled world (let's call it open podcasting), Davina McCall's podcast Making The Cut is similar to these updates as is Noah Kalina and Adam Lisagor's All Consuming, and friend Bex Lindsay's launched her own podcast all about familiar but niche feelings called Getting Emotional. I sat in on the first episode with photographer Rankin. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. I've swapped my email provider to HEY after getting a pre-launch invite to ‘HEY for Work'. I wrote a review of it that you can read at adamstoner.com/hey. I'm finding it really valuable. Screening senders before they reach your inbox has been a delight, newsletters are displayed in what is essentially a newsfeed, and receipts and transactions automatically go to the Paper Trail. Give me a reason to enjoy it more: me@adamstoner.com. I binge-brought a load of books recently. I'm digging through the poetry of Indian-Canadian Rupi Kaur – home body is my favourite collection and also the most recent – and have LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media and Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion queued up. Cal Newport, author of Digital Minimalism has a new book, A World Without Email, coming out next month… Maybe he needs to try HEY? In the past I've been the sort of person to fall in love with an item and then buy multiples or buy it in lots of different colours. I did that earlier this month with the New Elder Henley Shirt from &SONS, who I believe are Cheltenham based. Their beanies are also very nice and have been covering up lockdown hair that I can only describe as reminiscent of Chris Martin circa Viva La Vida. Oh, and in my last update I said I'd send these to coincide with full moons. For clarification, moonflowers don't count. The full moon is happening right now – 27 February, 8:17am UTC – it's called a Snow Moon, which is pretty apt given the weather early on this month. As for why there's a full moon at 8 o'clock in the morning, Royal Museums Greenwhich handily explain: the time refers to the exact moment when the Sun and Moon are aligned on opposite sides of the Earth. This moment is known as the ‘syzygy' of the Sun-Earth-Moon system, and can happen at any time day or night. Now you know.

Emerson Brooking is a fellow at the Atlantic Council and the co-author of "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media."

Episode 003Today Logan and Ally talk about the recent happenings, or whatever you want to call them, in North Korea. Is Kim Jong Un dead or alive? Well, the sources are inconsistent. We're seeing a lot of single source with no verification and a long history of Korean conflict - what message is being portrayed in the media? Does it actually make sense? Let's take a second to self-assess what is going on. There is a lot of history, like how we pushed North Korea to China, nuclear weapons, etc. What other players are present in this game? What benefit would it give them to sow some disinformation (cough Russia cough)? Can we trace the line forward? What about Zoom? What do you think when you hear the headline "Dropbox Has Been Paying Hackers to Prove Zoom Security Issues Since 2018"? It's not what you would think. Occam's Razor What do you see and what do you know? Single source failure - Who said it? If you cant isolate the source can you verify the information? Does it pass the sniff test? - Take off your lens and see if you can still make the logical leap for rationality. Does it make sense? - What's the motivation for the action? Awareness tips - verbal chess - it’s a back and forth understanding not a solid decision. Interactions are +|- in all times Mentor -“Be confident, be professional, and don’t make mistakes.” “Follow the question to its end” - for Logan this has evolved to follow the question to its beginning as well. Rogue Sliding Camera Cover We mention the book LikeWar, a great read for anyone interested in how social media has influenced society. LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media We recorded with the Fit to Fight podcast yesterday, find them on Spotify. The beaten path is for beaten people.

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are rebroadcasting the presentation from Peter W. Singer during the Calgary Speaker Dinner, "The Weaponization of Social Media." The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Peter W. Singer: is a Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America. He has been named by the Smithsonian as one of the U.S.'s 100 leading innovators, by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people on defence issues, by Foreign Policy to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, and as an official “Mad Scientist” for the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command. His past work includes serving at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Harvard University, an editor at Popular Science magazine, and as the founding director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at Brookings. Peter's award-winning books include Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War and his latest book LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media. Recommended Readings: "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media" by P. W. Singer (https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/singer-weaponization-social-media/) Related Links: "Peter W. Singer on the weaponization of social media" [Global Exchange Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/peter_w_singer_on_the_weaponization_of_social_media) "Why Social Media Is the New Weapon in Modern Warfare" (https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/singer-weaponization-social-media/) "Communications and the Integrity of Elections" [Policy Perspective](https://www.cgai.ca/communications_and_the_integrity_of_elections) "Bots, trolls, and defending our elections" [Global Exchange Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/bots_trolls_and_defending_our_elections) Recording Date: February 26, 2020 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we feature a conversation with Brian Kingston and Michael McAdoo on the topic of a recent piece they published in the Financial Times, “Get ready for the U.S.-China sideswipe: Phase one trade truce could be devastating for Canadian exporters.” The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios:

- Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

 - Brian Kingston: CGAI fellow and Business Council of Canada Vice President, International Trade and Fiscal Issues. - Michael McAdoo: Boston Consulting Group Montreal-based partner, and co-leads worldwide trade and investment practice for the firm. Recommended Readings:

- "The Plain in Flames” by Juan Rulfo (https://www.amazon.ca/Plain-Flames-Juan-Rulfo/dp/0292743858) - "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries” by Safi Bahcall (https://www.amazon.ca/Loonshots-Nurture-Diseases-Transform-Industries/dp/125018596) - "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media” by P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking (https://www.amazon.ca/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer/dp/1328695743) Related Links:

"Get ready for the U.S.-China sideswipe: Phase one trade truce could be devastating for Canadian exporters” [Financial Post opinion piece] (https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/get-ready-for-the-u-s-china-sideswipe-phase-one-trade-truce-could-be-devastating-for-canadian-exporters) Recording Date: February 27, 2020 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are rebroadcasting the armchair discussion between Colin Robertson and Peter W. Singer during the Calgary Speaker Dinner, "The Weaponization of Social Media." The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Peter W. Singer: is a Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America. He has been named by the Smithsonian as one of the U.S.'s 100 leading innovators, by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people on defence issues, by Foreign Policy to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, and as an official “Mad Scientist” for the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command. His past work includes serving at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Harvard University, an editor at Popular Science magazine, and as the founding director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at Brookings. Peter's award-winning books include Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War and his latest book LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media. Recommended Readings: "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media" by P. W. Singer (https://www.amazon.ca/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer/dp/1328695743) Related Links: "Why Social Media Is the New Weapon in Modern Warfare" (https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/singer-weaponization-social-media/) "Communications and the Integrity of Elections" [Policy Perspective](https://www.cgai.ca/communications_and_the_integrity_of_elections) "Communications and the Integrity of Elections" [Policy Perspective](https://www.cgai.ca/communications_and_the_integrity_of_elections) "Bots, trolls, and defending our elections" [Global Exchange Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/bots_trolls_and_defending_our_elections) Recording Date: February 26, 2020 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

  Peter Warren Singer is a best-selling author and strategist for New America. Named one of the nation’s 100 leading innovators by the Smithsonian, one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues by Defense News, and one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy, Singer is one of the United States’ leading experts on security and 21st century warfare. His award-winning books include “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know;” “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War;” and “LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media.” This October, Singer will deliver the keynote address at the Payments Breakfast at AFP 2019. He will be discussing the “cyberthreatscape”, providing treasury and finance professionals with key insights on how to protect their payments infrastructure from modern cybercriminals. From ransomware to BEC scams to state-sponsored data breaches, corporates face an ever-changing threat landscape that puts their organizations and payments infrastructures at risk. In this episode of AFP Conversations, he provides us with a preview of his session, as we take a deep dive into some of the most important cybersecurity threats out there. AFP 2019, this October in Boston, is where treasury and finance professionals separate the hype from the reality. Visit www.afp2019.org/register to sign up and use discount code PODCASTAFP2019 at checkout to save $100.  

Emerson T. Brooking, defense analyst and Resident Fellow at the Digital Forensic Research lab at the Atlantic Council, discusses his timely new book “LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media,” with host Carol Castiel and VOA Assistant Producer Mitch Beiter. The book explores the collision of war, politics and social media. It analyzes how social media can be weaponized to sway political opinions, fuel popular uprisings and even affect the course of military and political campaigns.

On this episode of the World Affairs Report, P.W. Singer, political strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation, joins host Anna Harrison to discuss his latest book, LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media.

In this episode of the Data Show, I spoke with P.W. Singer, strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation, and a contributing editor at Popular Science. He is co-author of an excellent new book, LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, which explores how social media has changed war, politics, and business. The book […]

Social media has transformed our lives. It has also transformed how wars are fought. P.W. Singer’s new book “Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media” describes the far-reaching impact of social media on the tactics and strategies used by military, business, and everyday citizens. We have all read about stories such as Russian bots and Cambridge The post Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media with P.W. Singer appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Social media has transformed our lives. It has also transformed how wars are fought. P.W. Singer’s new book “Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media” describes the far-reaching impact of social media on the tactics and strategies used by military, business, and everyday citizens. We have all read about stories such as Russian bots and Cambridge The post Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media with P.W. Singer appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

When you post on social media, what do you hope to happen? A lot of likes, some comments and shares, maybe for it to even go viral. That is something you and ISIS, Taylor Swift, and Russian trolls have in common; we each want to use social media for our advantage. How is that changing war? The we wage it? How about ourselves? With scholar and strategist P.W. Singer, we delve into these issues and reach some fascinating and scary conclusions about the current state of conflict on the internet, and what each and every one of us ought to do about it. Singer is a Senior Fellow at the think tank New America, expert in the "21st century warfare," and author of several popular books including, Wired For War, Ghost Fleet, and most recently, LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media: https://www.amazon.com/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer/dp/1328695743

Social media's impact on issues ranging from the democratic process to terrorist recruitment is a subject we've covered in great detail on SOFREP Radio. That's why we were excited to bring on P.W. Singer, co-author of "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media" written with Emerson T. Brooking, a best-selling book that goes in-depth on this very subject. Singer is also a strategist and senior fellow at New America. We get into Russia's hand in the election of Donald Trump through propaganda spread on Facebook, as well as the de-platforming of vocal figures in conspiracy theory movement. Much scarier than these issues however, is the future of technology that you'll hear us get into, where videos of fake events will become the norm much like the Photoshopping of images. There are no easy answers in this world of "fake news," which is why you'll hear some difference of opinion on the subject from us. If this is a topic you're interested in, we hope you pick up "Likewar." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Virginia Heffernan talks to Peter Singer, co-author of the book “LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media,” about how Trump began using social media to rebrand himself into political life, Mike Flynn’s Twitter habits, conspiracy theorists, and why it’s tough to disconnect (even though we know better). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook recently announced it's taking down over 800 hundred U.S. based accounts and pages, in part for spreading false or misleading political information, which is happening just weeks before the Midterm elections. The use of fake social media accounts to push political messages is a dark tool not only used in this country but in various parts of the world. A new book, "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media" shows the global influence of powerful sites like Facebook and Twitter. Host Dan Loney speaks with authors Peter W. Singer, Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America, and Emerson Brooking, Former Research Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, on Knowledge@Wharton. Book: https://www.amazon.com/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer-ebook/dp/B0795FB3ZY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined in person by Emerson T. Brooking, co-author of a new book called LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media. We talk about  the ways social media is being used to make life worse, where we're heading in terms of how governments and other bad actors weaponize social media, and what we can do about it. Enjoy!Buy the book: https://www.powells.com/book/-9781328695741You can follow Emerson on Twitter at @etbrooking. And if you can, Emerson asked me to ask you to support Stacey Abrams, the Democrat running for governor of Georgia. Her actblue page is here. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at fx.substack.com/subscribe

Taylor Swift and Islamic State are in a battle for our hearts, minds and eyeballs. Russia wants your vote, or for you not to vote at all. And if you think the amount of false information out there online is dangerous now, just wait. Artificial intelligence is about to make fake news virtually indistinguishable from the real thing.Peter W. Singer, author of the new book "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media," takes us beyond the troll farms and into some even creepier territory. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Social media behavior - even yours - is already influencing what happens on the battlefield. SE is joined by Peter Singer, co-author of "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media," who explains how "your attention is a target in this, and your clicks help decide which side wins out." They discuss social media's effects on warfare now, and where we go from here.

As the controversy surrounding the Supreme Court confirmation for Judge Brett Kavanaugh escalates, the online conversation around it has started to feel less like a debate and more like a war. That's because it is one. WIRED OPINION ABOUT P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking are the authors of LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, out Oct 2, 2018. It's been more than three decades since the alleged sexual assaults.

Peter W. Singer discusses his book "#LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media" which he co-authored with Emerson T Brooking. You can purchase the book here and find more information about the book at the #LikeWar website. The interview today was conducted by Chelsea Daymon, and the show is produced by Chelsea Daymon and Sina Kashefipour. If you have enjoyed listening to The Loopcast please consider making a donation to the show through our Patreon. We greatly appreciate it.

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, outlines the history of social media platforms and their use in popular culture and modern conflict.  The authors make comparisons to previous technological advancements (such as telegraph and radio) and connect the use of social media to a Clausewitzian view of war. The use of social media by insurgents, criminal organizations, and nation-states raises questions about whether the medium is the message or if new communication channels are propaganda in another form. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, outlines the history of social media platforms and their use in popular culture and modern conflict.  The authors make comparisons to previous technological advancements (such as telegraph and radio) and connect the use of social media to a Clausewitzian view of war. The use of social media by insurgents, criminal organizations, and nation-states raises questions about whether the medium is the message or if new communication channels are propaganda in another form. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, outlines the history of social media platforms and their use in popular culture and modern conflict.  The authors make comparisons to previous technological advancements (such as telegraph and radio) and connect the use of social media to a Clausewitzian view of war. The use of social media by insurgents, criminal organizations, and nation-states raises questions about whether the medium is the message or if new communication channels are propaganda in another form. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, outlines the history of social media platforms and their use in popular culture and modern conflict.  The authors make comparisons to previous technological advancements (such as telegraph and radio) and connect the use of social media to a Clausewitzian view of war. The use of social media by insurgents, criminal organizations, and nation-states raises questions about whether the medium is the message or if new communication channels are propaganda in another form. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, outlines the history of social media platforms and their use in popular culture and modern conflict.  The authors make comparisons to previous technological advancements (such as telegraph and radio) and connect the use of social media to a Clausewitzian view of war. The use of social media by insurgents, criminal organizations, and nation-states raises questions about whether the medium is the message or if new communication channels are propaganda in another form. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, outlines the history of social media platforms and their use in popular culture and modern conflict.  The authors make comparisons to previous technological advancements (such as telegraph and radio) and connect the use of social media to a Clausewitzian view of war. The use of social media by insurgents, criminal organizations, and nation-states raises questions about whether the medium is the message or if new communication channels are propaganda in another form. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices