Macron to become next French president
The Washington Post reported today, PARIS — France on Sunday shrugged off the siren call of right-wing populism that enchanted voters in the United States and United Kingdom, rejecting anti-E.U. firebrand Marine Le […]
Russian hackers reportedly target Emmanuel Macron
The New York Post reported on April 25, PARIS — Researchers with the Japanese anti-virus firm Trend Micro say the campaign of French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron has been targeted by Russia-linked hackers, […]
French election: How the pollsters got the last laugh
Adam Taylor reports in The Washington Post today, The results of the first round of the French election came late Sunday: Of the 11 candidates, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron came out on […]
Marine Le Pen of France Meets With Vladimir Putin in Moscow
The New York Times reported today, PARIS — Marine Le Pen, the French far right’s presidential candidate, has never hidden her admiration for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and on Friday […]
Fake News: How Big Data And AI Can Help
Forbes published an interesting article today that describes how different organizations are using Big Data and AI to address the problem posed by fake news. To solve these problems, new tools are […]
UK officials believe Russia may have interfered with Brexit?
Business Insider reported today, LONDON — Labour MPs are ratcheting up pressure on the government to reveal whether Russia interfered in the EU referendum. Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw told Business Insider […]
Expect more fake news from Russia, top NATO general says
Reuters reported today, Russia was behind a false report of a rape by German soldiers in Lithuania that was intended to undermine support for NATO’s new eastern force, a senior NATO general […]
Breitbart Reports Russia to Create ‘Fake News’ Watchdog
The declassified briefing released on January 6th, 2017 by the U. S. intelligence community provides six pages of information describing how the Russians used RT and other outlets to distribute fake news and […]
How a Group of Russians Tilted a Dutch Vote
The New York Times published a fascinating article yesterday that described how a group of Russians helped influence the recent Dutch vote on a trade deal between the European Union and the […]
Meet the Head International Troll Slayer at Google
Vogue published a fascinating article today that introduces us to Yasmin Green. Should a tech giant give us more information—or better information? Robert Sullivan meets Yasmin Green, a researcher pushing Google to make […]
