Dedicated to the detection of foreign influence operations and synthetic media. This hub analyzes disinformation campaigns, social media botnets, and the use of deepfakes to destabilize democratic processes or corporate reputations.
We would love to pretend that this is the first time an occurrence like this has happened, but it’s just not the case. The Pakistani media, in the battle for ratings and viewers, elevates non-stories and unconfirmed rumors to breaking news, sometimes shaking the national conscience.
When you talk to the common man, you find that everyone has a different opinion about the past decade of war, each one being a variation of something they have heard on one of the nightly news talk shows or in a newspaper.
