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Renee DiResta
Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge.
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- --- title: Company News description: >- Important information about what New Knowledge is up to, documented by us or published by the media. categoryColor: '#Fa5655' --- Company News
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: Events description: >- Announcements or recaps of major events in which New Knowledge participates — as presenters, supporters or attendees. categoryColor: '#8D6B2B' --- Events
- --- title: False Trending description: >- The artificial amplification of online traffic to create the illusion of popularity and support. categoryColor: '#D0A827' --- False Trending
- --- title: Foreign Influence description: >- Coordinated attempts by foreign civilians or agents of foreign governments to shape U.S. public opinion, obfuscate facts or advance an agenda through the manipulation of social media. categoryColor: '#FEDB03' --- Foreign Influence
- --- title: Industry description: >- News on disinformation or false trending as it pertains not just to brands, but to entire industries such as agriculture, health care or defense. categoryColor: '#D3ABAA' --- Industry
- --- title: Influence Operations description: >- Methods by which trolls and coordinated disinformation campaigns spread their messages: fake reviews, fake social media accounts, viral memes, and bots (software applications that run automated tasks at an accelerated rate). categoryColor: '#84594C' --- Influence Operations
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Personal Statement description: Statements made from New Knowledge company members categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Personal Statement
- --- title: Politics description: >- Articles that detail how disinformation and false trending affect the political landscape at home or abroad. categoryColor: '#7457D9' --- Politics
- --- title: Reputation & Trust description: >- All things surrounding branding, reputation, trust, and how to preserve and maintain it categoryColor: '#B4DED5' --- Reputation Trust
- --- title: Research & Technology description: >- NK Labs, our research division, drives discoveries in emerging artificial intelligence and machine learning. The U.S. government invests in the development of these tools through its Data Driven Discovery of Models DARPA program; New Knowledge is a key participant. The end goal is a fully autonomous system that exposes bad actors from deepest, darkest corners of the internet. categoryColor: '#03B0F6' --- Research Technology
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
Our Work
- --- title: Foreign Influence description: >- Coordinated attempts by foreign civilians or agents of foreign governments to shape U.S. public opinion, obfuscate facts or advance an agenda through the manipulation of social media. categoryColor: '#FEDB03' --- Foreign Influence
- --- title: Politics description: >- Articles that detail how disinformation and false trending affect the political landscape at home or abroad. categoryColor: '#7457D9' --- Politics
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
IRA Infographics
In the Press
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: False Trending description: >- The artificial amplification of online traffic to create the illusion of popularity and support. categoryColor: '#D0A827' --- False Trending
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
Amazon Has a Problem With Fake Reviews — Here's How Holiday Shoppers Can Avoid Falling For Them
CNBC
Dec 14, 2018
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Foreign Influence description: >- Coordinated attempts by foreign civilians or agents of foreign governments to shape U.S. public opinion, obfuscate facts or advance an agenda through the manipulation of social media. categoryColor: '#FEDB03' --- Foreign Influence
- --- title: Politics description: >- Articles that detail how disinformation and false trending affect the political landscape at home or abroad. categoryColor: '#7457D9' --- Politics
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
Experts: Russian Influence Efforts Constitute "informational warfare," Span Beyond Election
CBS
Aug 1, 2018
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
Facebook's Latest Fix For Fake News: Ask Users What They Trust
Wired
Jan 19, 2018
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Politics description: >- Articles that detail how disinformation and false trending affect the political landscape at home or abroad. categoryColor: '#7457D9' --- Politics
- --- title: Industry description: >- News on disinformation or false trending as it pertains not just to brands, but to entire industries such as agriculture, health care or defense. categoryColor: '#D3ABAA' --- Industry
- --- title: Research & Technology description: >- NK Labs, our research division, drives discoveries in emerging artificial intelligence and machine learning. The U.S. government invests in the development of these tools through its Data Driven Discovery of Models DARPA program; New Knowledge is a key participant. The end goal is a fully autonomous system that exposes bad actors from deepest, darkest corners of the internet. categoryColor: '#03B0F6' --- Research Technology
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
Free Speech Is Not The Same As Free Reach
Wired
Aug 30, 2018
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: False Trending description: >- The artificial amplification of online traffic to create the illusion of popularity and support. categoryColor: '#D0A827' --- False Trending
- --- title: Influence Operations description: >- Methods by which trolls and coordinated disinformation campaigns spread their messages: fake reviews, fake social media accounts, viral memes, and bots (software applications that run automated tasks at an accelerated rate). categoryColor: '#84594C' --- Influence Operations
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
Free Speech in the Age of Algorithmic Megaphones
Wired
Oct 12, 2018
- --- title: False Trending description: >- The artificial amplification of online traffic to create the illusion of popularity and support. categoryColor: '#D0A827' --- False Trending
- --- title: Influence Operations description: >- Methods by which trolls and coordinated disinformation campaigns spread their messages: fake reviews, fake social media accounts, viral memes, and bots (software applications that run automated tasks at an accelerated rate). categoryColor: '#84594C' --- Influence Operations
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Politics description: >- Articles that detail how disinformation and false trending affect the political landscape at home or abroad. categoryColor: '#7457D9' --- Politics
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
How Bots Ruined Clicktivism
Wired
Sep 14, 2018
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: False Trending description: >- The artificial amplification of online traffic to create the illusion of popularity and support. categoryColor: '#D0A827' --- False Trending
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Foreign Influence description: >- Coordinated attempts by foreign civilians or agents of foreign governments to shape U.S. public opinion, obfuscate facts or advance an agenda through the manipulation of social media. categoryColor: '#FEDB03' --- Foreign Influence
- --- title: Politics description: >- Articles that detail how disinformation and false trending affect the political landscape at home or abroad. categoryColor: '#7457D9' --- Politics
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
How Isis and Russia Won Friends and Manufactured Crowds
Wired
Mar 8, 2018
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Industry description: >- News on disinformation or false trending as it pertains not just to brands, but to entire industries such as agriculture, health care or defense. categoryColor: '#D3ABAA' --- Industry
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
How the Tech Giants Created What DARPA Couldn't
Wired
May 29, 2018
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: False Trending description: >- The artificial amplification of online traffic to create the illusion of popularity and support. categoryColor: '#D0A827' --- False Trending
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Politics description: >- Articles that detail how disinformation and false trending affect the political landscape at home or abroad. categoryColor: '#7457D9' --- Politics
- --- title: Industry description: >- News on disinformation or false trending as it pertains not just to brands, but to entire industries such as agriculture, health care or defense. categoryColor: '#D3ABAA' --- Industry
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
The Information War Is On. Are We Ready For It?
Wired
Aug 3, 2018
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
She Warned of ‘Peer-to-Peer Misinformation.’ Congress Listened.
New York Times
Nov 13, 2017
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
The Seven Step Program for Fighting Disinformation
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Industry description: >- News on disinformation or false trending as it pertains not just to brands, but to entire industries such as agriculture, health care or defense. categoryColor: '#D3ABAA' --- Industry
- --- title: Our People description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by the New Knowledge executive leadership: Jonathon Morgan, Renee DiResta or Ryan Fox. categoryColor: '#F4D5B8' --- Our People
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
Up Next: A Better Recommendation System
Wired
Apr 11, 2018
- --- title: Disinformation description: >- False or fraudulent material spread deliberately and often covertly in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. categoryColor: '#F79690' --- Disinformation
- --- title: Influence Operations description: >- Methods by which trolls and coordinated disinformation campaigns spread their messages: fake reviews, fake social media accounts, viral memes, and bots (software applications that run automated tasks at an accelerated rate). categoryColor: '#84594C' --- Influence Operations
- --- title: Social Media description: >- Details on social media’s role in the dissemination and amplification of disinformation, specifically through major platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. categoryColor: '#B9BC2D' --- Social Media
- --- title: Foreign Influence description: >- Coordinated attempts by foreign civilians or agents of foreign governments to shape U.S. public opinion, obfuscate facts or advance an agenda through the manipulation of social media. categoryColor: '#FEDB03' --- Foreign Influence
- --- title: Renee DiResta description: >- Profiles of or articles authored by Renee DiResta, director of research for New Knowledge. categoryColor: '#955B99' --- Renee Diresta
What We Now Know About Russian Disinformation
New York Times Opinion
Dec 17, 2018