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Nina Jankowicz (born 1988 or 1989 [1]) is an American researcher and writer.She is the author of How to Lose the Information War (2020), on Russian use of disinformation as geopolitical strategy, and How to Be a Woman Online (2022), a handbook for fighting against online harassment of women.
The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) was an advisory board of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), from April 27, 2022 to August 24, 2022. The board's stated function was to protect national security by disseminating guidance to DHS agencies on combating misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation that threatens the security of the homeland.
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The Shorenstein Center at Harvard University defines disinformation research as an academic field that studies "the spread and impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation," including "how it spreads through online and offline channels, and why people are susceptible to believing bad information, and successful strategies for mitigating its impact" [23] According to a 2023 ...
The Facebook and WhatsApp apps are shown on the display of a smartphone. Credit - Sebastian Kahnert/dpa Getty Images. T his election cycle will be the first exposed to generative artificial ...
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Disinformation strikes at the foundation of democratic government: "the idea that the truth is knowable and that citizens can discern and use it to govern themselves." [76] Disinformation campaigns are designed by both foreign and domestic actors to gain political and economic advantage. The undermining of functional government weakens the rule ...
They also undercut trust in the infrastructure of democracy in a way that former US "disinformation czar" Nina Jankowicz notes can "[set] us up for more disinformation and disengagement." [ 67 ] Election law expert David Becker warns that "the damage that’s been done to voter confidence [by false fraud claims]...is long-lasting.” [ 78 ]