Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) provide vast amounts of data that can be used by developers to create apps and services that extend the functionality of social media platforms.

In the aftermath of their most recent presidential elections, the capitals of the United States and Brazil were subject to violent insurrections. After the losing incumbents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro had spread conspiracy theories about the results being manipulated supporters of theirs took the fight to the streets and violently stormed government buildings, including the US Capitol and the Congress in Brasilia. This blog post casts light on the role of social media in bringing about the violent uprisings.

Recently, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was banned from seeking political office until 2030 for undermining the democratic process. When announcing the ruling the presiding judge of Brazil’s highest court boldly declared that there was no tolerance for “criminal extremism attacking the powers of the state, fake news, disinformation to try to deceive voters.”

On June 14-15 2023, the European Commission held the Projects to Policy Seminar 2023 in Brussels, bringing together EU policymakers, project officers and project managers. The seminar was a great opportunity to learn more about the work the EU is doing on the policy side of domestic security and to get to know the policy and project officers as well as colleagues working on other projects that were recently funded under the Horizon framework.

In the digital age, fake news and disinformation have become serious issues, with many governments and individuals struggling to keep up with the rapid spread of false content. The recent leak of the Vulkan Files, a collection of documents revealing Putin's cyberwarfare tactics, sheds light on the use of digital tools to influence both foreign and domestic politics. In this article, we will explore the implications of Putin's global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics and their potential consequences.

The researchers of Open AI, in collaboration with Georgetown University’s Centre for Security and Emerging Technology and the Stanford Internet Observatory, recently released a report aimed at forecasting the potential misuses of language models for disinformation campaigns and proposing a blueprint on how to reduce the risks associated with it.

The Kill Chain model is a widely used framework for understanding the stages of a cyberattack, from initial reconnaissance to post-exploitation activities. The Kill Chain model essentially breaks down the various steps of an attack conducted by a malign actor.

Not more than two decades ago, democracy was seen as an expanding phenomenon throughout the world, an almost inescapable destiny. Today, however, democracy appears to many observers to be in much more trouble, threatened by risks and setbacks of various kinds.

These are only a few of the hundreds of similar posts that have been shared on social media in the past few weeks. Anti-vaxxers all over Europe are spreading  false allegations online: flu nasal spray vaccines increase Strep A infections.