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    Tracking News Manipulation by Malicious State Actors

    Nov 15, 2021

    During the pandemic, both Russia and China used authoritarian power over the media to manipulate the news. What can be done to better detect such propaganda campaigns—and guard against them in the future?

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    Machine Learning Can Detect Online Conspiracy Theories

    Apr 29, 2021

    As social media platforms work to prevent malicious or harmful uses of their services, an improved model of machine-learning technology can detect and understand conspiracy theory language. Insights from this modeling effort can help counter the effects of online conspiracies.

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    Analysis of Cyber Threats Informs Swedish Strategy

    How do governments characterize cyber threats and what role does law enforcement play in tackling cyber crime in different countries? These are some of the questions RAND Europe investigated on behalf of the Swedish National Defence College to inform the development of the Swedish Cyber Security Strategy.

    Feb 5, 2013

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    U.S. Muslims Are Powerful Force in Online Battle Against al Qaeda

    Al Qaeda has long used the internet to attract recruits but with minimal success in the U.S., however, as most American Muslims hold no sympathy for al Qaeda and are actually an effective counterforce to online jihadist efforts.

    Feb 4, 2013

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    Feasibility of Web-Based Self-Triage by Parents of Children with Influenza-Like Illness: A Cautionary Tale

    Self-triage using web-based decision support could be a useful way to encourage appropriate care-seeking behavior and reduce health system surge in epidemics.

    Feb 1, 2013

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    Opening of the European Cybercrime Centre — a Journey Begins

    While the opening of the EC3 at Europol, in line with our first-choice scenario, is very welcome, our study uncovered a range of risks that the EC3 will need to confront if it is to tackle cybercrime in a more coordinated and effective manner, writes Neil Robinson.

    Jan 11, 2013

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    Cybercrises Can Be Managed with Multiple Strategies

    The chances are growing that the United States will find itself in a crisis in cyberspace. Such crises can be managed by taking steps to reduce the incentives for other states to step into crisis, by controlling the narrative, understanding the stability parameters of the crises, and trying to manage escalation if conflicts arise from crises.

    Jan 3, 2013

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    Examining Europe's Policy Options to Foster Development of the 'Internet of Things'

    The Internet of Things (IoT) may challenge conventional business, market, policy and societal models. This research aims to inform a consistent European policy stance capable of fostering a dynamic and trustworthy IoT that meets these challenges.

    Dec 31, 2012

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    Rapid Acquisition and Fielding for Information Assurance and Cyber Security in the Navy

    The U.S. Navy requires an agile, adaptable acquisition process that can field new IT capabilities and services quickly. Successful rapid acquisition programs in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps offer lessons for the Navy as it develops its own streamlined processes for computer network defense and similar program areas.

    Dec 21, 2012

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    Google's Eric Schmidt: 'Free Speech Matters'

    During a discussion with Reuters West Coast Bureau Chief Jonathan Weber at RAND's Politics Aside event, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt discusses YouTube and the internet, and how Google's position on free speech, privacy, and user-generated content resonates globally.

    Dec 10, 2012

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    Impact of the Data Protection Review on EU Innovation and Competitiveness

    This rapid evidence assessment of the innovation and competitiveness impacts of the EU's proposed General Data Protection Regulation considers a variety of perspectives and identifies several impacts and areas for improvement.

    Dec 1, 2012

  • Jonathan Weber interviews Eric Schmidt about "The New Digital Age" Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at the RAND Politics Aside event in Culver City.(High Res Version)

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    Google's Eric Schmidt on How Petraeus Resignation Highlights Online Privacy Battle

    Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says there's a fight going on to save personal privacy on the web, and General Petraeus' resignation illustrates just some of the issues we face. Schmidt talks with Reuters West Coast Bureau Chief Jonathan Weber at RAND's Politics Aside event.

    Nov 20, 2012

  • Jonathan Weber interviews Eric Schmidt about "The New Digital Age" Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at the RAND Politics Aside event in Culver City.(High Res Version)

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    Google's Schmidt Decries 'Balkanizing' of Internet

    Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, told the opening session of the RAND Corporation's Politics Aside event Thursday evening that he is 'terribly worried' about the prospect of 'balkanizing' the internet.

    Nov 16, 2012

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    Crisis and Escalation in Cyberspace

    In a presentation at the Google LAX Office, Martin Libicki, Adjunct Management Scientist, RAND Corporation, discusses the evolving field of cyberwarfare, and the form of crisis and escalation in the context of cyberspace.

    Nov 15, 2012

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    Ofcom: The effectiveness of converged regulation

    The main focus of this research was to provide an assessment of the success with which Ofcom has delivered regulatory outcomes by comparing them with other national communications regulators in other countries.

    Aug 15, 2012

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    Incentives and Barriers of the Cyber Insurance Market in Europe

    ENISA conducted a study identifying possible causes inhibiting the cyber-insurance market in Europe and investigating incentives to kick-start its development.

    Jun 28, 2012

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    Future Internet Public-Private Partnership Can Help Europe Be More Competitive

    Europe has been slower than the U.S., Korea, or Japan to capture the full benefits of the Internet economy. Investing in new technologies and applications has considerable economic potential for Europe, but only if some tough choices are made and barriers to EU international competitiveness can be overcome.

    Jun 19, 2012

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    The Case for a Cyber-Security Safety Board: A Global View on Risk

    Innovative approaches are needed to break the current stalemate of information sharing and to build a solid and reliable evidence base on the state of cyber-security, writes Neil Robinson.

    Jun 18, 2012

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    Paul Baran Named Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer

    Paul Baran, who helped develop the building blocks of the Internet during the 1960s while working as a researcher at the RAND Corporation, was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. He was honored posthumously in the Pioneers Circle with others who were instrumental in the early design and development of the Internet.

    Apr 25, 2012

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    Exploring How the EU Should Establish a Cybercrime Centre

    After visiting EU high tech crime units, conducting interviews with stakeholders, and holding a scenario-based workshop, RAND Europe researchers determined that a European Cybercrime Centre hosted by Europol would bring together input from several different entities and drive a common approach to tackling cybercrime.

    Mar 27, 2012

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    Cyberspace Is Not a Warfighting Domain

    Cyberspace has become the new high ground of warfare, the one domain to rule them all and in the ether bind them, which, as this essay will argue, is the wrong way to view cyberspace and what militaries can do by operating within it.

    Jan 1, 2012

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    Cyber Policy: Institutional Struggle in a Transformed World

    When it comes to cyber security, the world today is not the future that U.S. policy promised when cyber security first appeared on the national agenda well over a decade ago.

    Jan 1, 2012

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