Influence Operations
Organized activities that systematically create, amplify, or disseminate false or misleading content to shape public opinion, interfere with elections, or undermine social trust. The emergence of generative AI has substantially lowered the cost threshold for conducting such operations.
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Influence operations is a military and intelligence term referring to the use of informational means to influence the cognition, attitudes and behavior of a target population so as to make them favorable to the goals of the actor initiating the operation.
Modern influence operations rely on technologies such as social media algorithms, targeted advertising, networks of fake accounts and deepfakes, enabling them to reach millions of voters at extremely low cost.
Influence operations do not directly attack voting machines but instead attack voters' judgment, making it harder to legally define them as an 'armed attack' and easier to continue them persistently in the gray zone.
Influence Operations are also referred to in academic and intelligence circles as information warfare or cognitive warfare.
Influence operations refer to organized activities that systematically create, amplify, or spread false or misleading content to shape public opinion, interfere with elections, or undermine social trust.
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Influence operations is a military and intelligence term referring to the use of informational means to influence the cognition, attitudes and behavior of a target population so as to make them favorable to the goals of the actor initiating the operation.
50%UnverifiedModern influence operations rely on technologies such as social media algorithms, targeted advertising, networks of fake accounts and deepfakes, enabling them to reach millions of voters at extremely low cost.
50%UnverifiedInfluence operations do not directly attack voting machines but instead attack voters' judgment, making it harder to legally define them as an 'armed attack' and easier to continue them persistently in the gray zone.
50%UnverifiedInfluence Operations are also referred to in academic and intelligence circles as information warfare or cognitive warfare.
50%UnverifiedInfluence operations refer to organized activities that systematically create, amplify, or spread false or misleading content to shape public opinion, interfere with elections, or undermine social trust.
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