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Renée DiResta is the former Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She investigates the spread of malign narratives across social networks, and assists policymakers in understanding and responding to the problem. She has advised Congress, the State Department, and other academic, civic, and business organizations, and has studied disinformation and computational propaganda in the context of pseudoscience conspiracies, terrorism, and state-sponsored information warfare.

You can see a full list of Renée's writing and speeches on her website: www.reneediresta.com or follow her @noupside.

 

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The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a public hearing on Thursday, March 28, 2019, as part of its investigation into Russian influence during and after the 2016 election campaign.

The hearing, "Putin’s Playbook: The Kremlin’s Use of Oligarchs, Money and Intelligence in 2016 and Beyond” included testimony by Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University.


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To contain and thwart the malicious effects of “Putinism,” the United States government and the American people must first understand the nature of the threat. This testimony focuses onthe nexus of political and economic power within Russia under Putin’s leadership, and how these domestic practices can be used abroad to advance Putin’s foreign policy agenda. Moreover, it is important to underscore that crony capitalism, property rights provided by the state, bribery, and corruption constitute only a few of many different mechanisms used by Putin in his domestic authority and foreign policy abroad.

This testimony proceeds in three parts. Section I describes the evolution of Putin’s system of government at home, focusing in particular on the relationship between the state and big business. Section II illustrates how Putin seeks to export his ideas and practices abroad. Section III focuses on Putin’s specific foreign policy objective of lifting sanctions on Russian individuals and companies.

Watch the C-SPAN recording of the testimony


Media Contact: Ari Chasnoff, Assistant Director for Communications, 650-725-2371, chasnoff@stanford.edu

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Please join us for an informal discussion on with Marina Kaljurand and Elaine Korzak:
 
Monday February 26th
3:30-4:30pm
Encina E207 (Reuben Hills Conference Room)
 
This discussion will cover how international norms online can promote democratic values and the rule of law, with experience from the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC). The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) is helping to promote mutual awareness and understanding among the various cyberspace communities working on issues related to international cybersecurity.
 
Marina Kaljurand served as Estonian Foreign Minister from 2015 July – 2016 October. She has also been appointed as Ambassador of Estonia to several countries, including the United States of America, the Russian Federation, the State of Israel, Mexico, and Canada. Ms. Kaljurand has been appointed twice to serve as the Estonian National Expert at the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security.
 
Elaine Korzak is currently a cybersecurity fellow at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and an affiliate at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University. Dr. Korzak was previously a fellow at the Hoover Institution and at CISAC (both Stanford University). Her research focuses on international legal and policy aspects of cybersecurity. Her doctoral thesis on the international norms debate examined the cybersecurity discussions at the United Nations and the positions of the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and China in this process. Her other research interests include cybersecurity and export control regimes as well as cyber capacity-building. She holds a PhD from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, a Master of Laws in public international law from the London School of Economics and a Master’s degree in international peace and security from King’s College London. Her professional experience includes NATO’s Cyber Defence Section as well as the European Commission’s Directorate-General on Information Society and Media.

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Elaine Korzak Cybersecurity Fellow Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Marina Kaljurand Chair Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace
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Daphne Keller's work focuses on platform regulation and Internet users' rights. She has testified before legislatures, courts, and regulatory bodies around the world, and published both academically and in popular press on topics including platform content moderation practices, constitutional and human rights law, copyright, data protection, and national courts' global takedown orders. Her recent work focuses on legal protections for users’ free expression rights when state and private power intersect, particularly through platforms’ enforcement of Terms of Service or use of algorithmic ranking and recommendations. Until 2020, Daphne was the Director of Intermediary Liability at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society. She also served until 2015 as Associate General Counsel for Google, where she had primary responsibility for the company’s search products. Daphne has taught Internet law at Stanford, Berkeley, and Duke law schools. She is a graduate of Yale Law School, Brown University, and Head Start.

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