The moment ruzzian troll farms first hit the news I knew there needed to be a counter. Being an American I was always curious as to where the line was between freedom of speech and Uncle Sam countering enemy influence ops on social media. I had been working alongside Ghost Security Group and CTRLSEC to counter terrorist recruitment and propaganda online.. but there wasn't anything to counter ruzzian influence ops or propaganda. This needed to change. Being a digital marketing

On the Battlefield that is social media its extremely important to remember the following.. the enemy, is everywhere and they do not always make it obvious. In the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine and the supportive movement #NAFO keep in mind the enemy may not always rock a ruzzian flag in their handle or bio. The enemy has NAFO infiltration accounts, there are scammers, grifters and worse. This blog will address a number of these threats. Far too often I see a situatio

Many small steps add up to a large journey. Alone, we are but a drop of water. Together, we are the ocean that is #NAFOworks One very important and often overlooked way to counter propaganda, disinformation, and harmful influence operations as explained in our blog series, is reporting TOS violations. Troll farms and influence ops often depend on harassment and violation of platform Terms and Services to be effective. Such trolling and harassment in part is intended to wear d

Social media is an important and often unavoidable aspect of our lives.  Misinformation, disinformation, intentionally incendiary rhetoric, can result in violence and does great unmeasurable harm to society. The enemies of the free world weaponize social media to justify war, torture and murder. They use it to attack us all in the cognitive space. To degrade and demoralize supportive efforts. Criminal actors target and exploit our children, our families, and the elderly. Unfo