Influence

In the race to ‘do something’ to counter Daesh propaganda, Governments in the West have forgotten that actions speak louder than words; except in Canada, where they are walking the CVE talk.

While many will marvel at the UAE's progressive outlook on women's rights; and how this photograph will be a beacon for women in the Arab League of Nations - there is a larger play here. And it's an exceptional masterstroke of IO/PSYOP.

Can you remember the last time you clicked on a headline that factually represented the story it claimed to report? No spin?

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...

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?

With social media changing the traditional view of asymmetric warfare - and with a single hash tag now the most valuable tool in the warfighters non-kinetic arsenal – ‘The Information Battlefield’ is now streaming live into workplaces, schools, homes and handbags.