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‘Crimes of Influence’ – crimes that seek to influence people towards harmful outcomes – will be one of the defining features of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-led cybercrime. With an ability to persuade and influence at potentially unavoidable economies of scale, crimes of influence...
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jun 18, 2024
Operations in the information environment (OIE) are experiencing something of a renaissance thanks to social media and the democratisation of information.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Dec 13, 2020
This paper was written for NATO’s Innovation Hub as part of their Warfighting in 2040 report. All rights are reserved by NATO Allied Command Transformation and this article is published here with their permission. To download a PDF, click here. Information operations (IO) has been experiencing something of a
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jul 01, 2020
This blog is intended as a brief primer on the complex concept of accelerationism – with a focus on terrorist organisations and their weaponisation of the concept as a pervasive, recurrent theme. From Muslims in Christchurch to Jews in Pittsburgh, Christians in Colombo and migrants in El Paso, recent attacks by
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Aug 30, 2019
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Social media influences people's decision-making: it serves to normalise highly abnormal situations - such as what conflict zones are like, when trying to attract foreign fighters.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jul 09, 2015
On the 28 May 2013 edition of The Project I spoke with Waleed, Gretel, Gorgi and Peter about talking to children about ISIS how they use social media as a radicalisation tool.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, May 30, 2015
Nothing sells news like a scandal, but while security companies are busy protecting their clients’ people and assets, who is looking out for them?
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Apr 21, 2015
I caught up with ABC Radio's 'The World Today' program to talk about how fighting propaganda with propaganda is a narrow sighted view to combating radicalisation.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Mar 27, 2015
Surveillance on Social Media, or socialveillance, isn’t often discussed as part of the information revolution that we’ve been living through over the past decade...
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jan 20, 2015
Perhaps Tinder is not your first weapon of choice in your IO toolbox, but what other online app gives you free information promulgation in such a targeted way?
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Dec 08, 2014