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The Cyber Policy Center regularly shares research and recommendations through the publication of white papers, journal articles and more.
The Virus and the Vote: Administering the 2020 Election in a Pandemic
The final report of the findings of the Healthy Elections Project, a joint effort between Stanford and MIT and led by Nathaniel Persily and Charles Stewart III.
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Opinion: Global spyware such as Pegasus is a threat to democracy. Here’s how to stop it.
Marietje Schaake
2021
Opinion piece in the Washington Post, by David Kaye and Marietje Schaake
White Papers
My Heart Loves the Army: An Investigation into a Jordanian Disinformation Campaign on Facebook, TikTok and Twitter (TAKEDOWN)
Shelby Grossman, Elena Cryst, Renee DiResta, Carly Miller, K.H., Rajeev Sharma, Chase Small, Julia Thompson
2021
Working Papers
The Virus and the Vote: Administering the 2020 Election in a Pandemic
Nathaniel Persily, Charles Stewart III, Chelsey Davidson, Zahavah Levine
2021
A Compendium of Research from the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
Commentary
How to Protect Critical Infrastructure Fom Ransomware Attacks
Gregory Falco, Sejal Jhawer
2021
Op-ed in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, by Gregory Falco and Sejal Jhawer
Books
The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: How the State Shapes Private Governance
Shelby Grossman
2021
White Papers
One Face, Many Names: An Investigation into Fake NGOs and Media Outlets Linked to Harouna Douamba on and off Facebook (TAKEDOWN)
Lindsay Hundley, Renee DiResta, Josh A. Goldstein, Shelby Grossman, Cooper Reed, Adriana Stephan, Julia Thompson
2021
White Papers
Reversing the Tide: Towards a New US Strategy to Support Democracy and Counter Authoritarianism
Task Force on US Strategy to Support Democracy and Counter Authoritarianism
2021
Report of the Task Force on US Strategy to Support Democracy and Counter Authoritarianism
Journal Articles
Making the Internet Safe for Democracy
Francis Fukuyama
2021
Journal of Democracy from Volume 32, Number 2, April 2021 | Johns Hopkins University Press
White Papers
Self-harm Policies and Internet Platforms
Shelby Perkins, Elena Cryst, Shelby Grossman
2021
Books
The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election
Stanford Internet Observatory, Samantha Bradshaw, Daniel Bush, Elena Cryst, Renee DiResta, Isabella Garcia-Camargo, Josh A. Goldstein, Shelby Grossman, Carly Miller, Shelby Perkins, Alex Stamos, David Thiel, Alex Zaheer, Matt Masterson
2021
On January 6, 2021, an armed mob stormed the US Capitol to prevent the certification of what they claimed was a “fraudulent election.” Many Americans were shocked, but they needn’t have been. The January 6 insurrection was the culmination of months of online mis- and disinformation directed toward eroding American faith in the 2020 election.
White Papers
Viva la #Resistance? Now-Suspended Twitter Accounts from Iran Claim #Resistance Personas in US Politics and Middle Eastern Affairs (TAKEDOWN)
Josh A. Goldstein, Lindsay Hundley
2021
White Papers
Fronts & Friends: An Investigation into Two Twitter Networks Linked to Russian Actors (TAKEDOWN)
Renee DiResta, Shelby Grossman
2021
White Papers
Staying Current: an Investigation into a Now-Suspended Facebook Network Promoting the Palestinian Democratic Reform Current (TAKEDOWN)
Shelby Grossman, Gil Baram, Josh A. Goldstein, Carly Miller
2021
White Papers
Contours and Controversies of Parler
David Thiel, Renee DiResta, Shelby Grossman, Elena Cryst
2021
White Papers
Stoking Conflicts by Keystroke: An Operation Run by IRA-Linked Individuals Targeting Libya, Sudan, and Syria (TAKEDOWN)
Shelby Grossman, Khadeja Ramali, Renee DiResta, Lucas Beissner, Samantha Bradshaw, William Healzer, Ira Hubert, David Thiel
2020
Policy Briefs
Preparing for the Age of Deepfakes and Disinformation
Marietje Schaake, Andrew Grotto, Dan Boneh, Patrick McDaniel, Nicolas Papernot
2020
POPULAR CULTURE HAS ENVISIONED SOCIETIES of intelligent machines for generations, with Alan Turing notably foreseeing the need for a test to distinguish machines from humans in 1950. Now, advances in artificial intelligence that promise to make creating convincing fake multimedia content like video, images, or audio relatively easy for many.
Journal Articles
Democratic Source Code for a New U.S.-EU Tech Alliance
Marietje Schaake, Tyson Barker
2020
Appeared originally in Lawfare, November, 2020
Commentary
How to Save Democracy From Technology
Francis Fukuyama, Ashish Goel, Barak Richman
2020
Full article appears in the January/February 2021 issue of Foreign Affairs
White Papers
Report of the Working Group on Platform Scale
Francis Fukuyama, Barak Richman, Ashish Goel, Marietje Schaake, Roberta R. Katz, Douglas Melamed
2020
The internet economy has produced digital platforms of enormous economic and social significance. These platforms—specifically, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, and Apple—now play central roles in how millions of Americans obtain information, spend their money, communicate with fellow citizens, and earn their livelihoods. Their reach is also felt globally, extending to many countries around the world. They have amassed the economic, social, and political influence that very few private entities have ever obtained previously.
Working Papers
Slanted Narratives, Social Media, and Foreign Influence in Libya
Shelby Grossman, Katie Jonsson, Nicholas Lyon, Lydia Sizer
2020
White Papers
Election 2020: Antitrust and Privacy in the Age of Big Tech
Marietje Schaake, Rob Reich
2020
ANTITRUST AND PRIVACY CONCERNS are two of the most high-profile topics on the tech policy agenda. Checks and balances to counteract the power of companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook are under consideration in Congress, though a polarized political environment is a hindrance. But a domestic approach to tech policy will be insufficient, as the users of the large American tech companies are predominantly outside the United States.
White Papers
An Investigation into a Female-Focused Online Campaign in Iran and Afghanistan targeting Afghans (TAKEDOWN)
Shelby Grossman, Renee DiResta, Lindsay Hundley, Sejal Jhawer, Tara Kheradpir, Abuzar Royesh, David Thiel
2020
White Papers
Hello from the Other Side: An Investigation into a Musical Pro-Muslim Brotherhood Disinformation Operation (TAKEDOWN)
Shelby Grossman, Maria Fernanda Porras, Khadeja Ramali, David Thiel
2020
Policy Briefs
Preparing for the Age of Deepfakes and Disinformation
Dan Boneh, Andrew Grotto, Patrick McDaniel , Nicolas Papernot
2020
POPULAR CULTURE HAS ENVISIONED SOCIETIES of intelligent machines for generations, with Alan Turing notably foreseeing the need for a test to distinguish machines from humans in 1950. Now, advances in artificial intelligence that promise to make creating convincing fake multimedia content like video, images, or audio relatively easy for many. Unfortunately, this will include sophisticated bots with supercharged self-improvement abilities that are capable of generating more dynamic fakes than anything seen before.