A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Fox Fellow Clint Watts Quoted in the Washington Post on Russian Disinformation Tactics
A nation must think before it acts.
Fox Fellow Clint Watts Quoted in the Washington Post on Russian Disinformation Tactics
Albright’s research, which he said is the most extensive to date on the news links that Russians used to manipulate the American political conversation on Twitter, bolsters observations by other analysts. Clinton Watts, a former FBI agent who is now a disinformation expert at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, said that by linking to popular news sources, the Russians enhanced the credibility of their Twitter accounts, making it easier to manipulate audiences.
“The Kremlin, they don’t need to create a false narrative. It’s already there,” he said. “You’re just taking a narrative and elevating it.”