U.S. Mired in “Heightened Threat Environment”: DHS

2/8/22 DISINFORMATION Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The prevalence of conspiracy theories and bad or misleading information, online and in social media forums, is keeping the United States in a state of heightened alert when it comes to possible terror attacks. The Department of Homeland Security issued an updated National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin Monday, Read More >

Battling Disinformation

2/8/22 DISINFORMATION Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments One of the biggest problems facing our society today? Disinformation, according to Joshua Garland. On Feb. 7, Garland joins Arizona State University as an associate research professor in the Center on Narrative, Disinformation and Strategic Influence, where he is determined to make an impact on the issue. read more

Broad, and Likely Unauthorized, Use of Pegasus Spyware by Israel’s Police Shocks Israel

2/7/22 SURVEILLANCE Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The sophisticated Pegasus spyware has been sold by Israeli software-maker NSO to about a dozen authoritarian and democracy-deficient regimes so they could spy on opposition politicians, human rights activists, journalists, civic society organizers, and foreign diplomats – including U.S. diplomats. Among the countries which paid Pegasus millions Read More >

Virginia officer charged with manslaughter following on-duty shooting

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. – A Virginia police officer is charged with voluntary manslaughter following a fatal shooting that occurred on I-64 in Henrico County in November, according to a report. Henrico Police Officer Tim Million III was indicted by a special Grand Jury, according to Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor, WTVR reported. Million fatally shot Read More >