Algorithmic Influence - Protection in shifting domains

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Algorithmic Influence

Algorithmic influence is behavioural shaping driven by recommendation systems and engagement metrics. This hub looks at how ranking, feedback loops, and personalised feeds amplify emotion, polarisation, and vulnerability. It focuses on mechanisms, not hype, and links algorithmic incentives to influence operations, reputational pressure, and downstream physical risk.

The Invisible Army: Bots, Trolls, and the Architecture of Cognitive Warfare

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The Invisible Army: Bots, Trolls, and the Architecture of Cognitive Warfare

Armies of bots and human trolls now operate at industrial scale. The tactics are old. The cost has collapsed. This briefing maps the architecture, names the effects, and tells you what protection practice needs to look like in this environment.

TikTok USDS and Cognitive Warfare: Shifting the Threat Model from External to Internal

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TikTok USDS and Cognitive Warfare: Shifting the Threat Model from External to Internal

A thesis-based reassessment of TikTok’s strategic risk profile: how the USDS (U.S. Digital Security) deal alters the foreign control threat model, and which influence and governance questions remain unresolved.