Influence

‘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...

... in group-based environments, radicalisation occurs on an ideologically-agnostic omni-directional spectrum of engagement vs disengagement where susceptibility to influence is a precursor to violent extremism.

Operations in the information environment (OIE) are experiencing something of a renaissance thanks to social media and the democratisation of information.

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

Absolutely. Critical for all organizations, especially those that exist to help people and communities. https://t.co/JNI4bVsEnL — Siobhan Heanue (@siobhanheanue) January 28, 2020 Just like the Chinese Martial Art of Kung Fu, dealing with fake news requires study, learning, practice, patience, energy and time. Fake news does not happen

This article first appeared in the LexisNexis Rule of Law Digest in December 2019 (Volume 8, Issue 2).