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2016 election

A team of Howard University researchers wants to know how disinformation impacts Black people

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Hamburg on July 7, 2017. Credit: Kremlin Presidential Executive Office

A “media mirage”: Russia deployed sophisticated marketing tactics to help Trump win

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

US Senate prods the White House on cyber

By Lucien Crowder | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading