Category: cyber politics
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Factchecking the online ‘rape academy’ discourse; on the tension between accuracy and activism
Over the weekend the story of an “online rape academy” went viral on social media, following an investigative reporting by CNN about an online network of men that exchanges tips to drug and rape their partners. The article was lengthy and detailed, and somewhere in the copy, remix and transform process of the online news…
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The Eurovision Song Contest as an information war battlefield
The presence of Israel in the 2024 Eurovision song contest has generated a lot of protest, but Israel’s participation is an important part of its ‘Hasbara’ strategy to keep being seen as a rational democratic actor.
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The threat of disinformation can be worse than disinformation itself
This article originally appeared in Dutch for SamPol Magazine. As several countries have introduced new legislation to put a stop to disinformation, those laws can also be abused to silence the independent press. According to the World Economic Forum, “AI-generated disinformation” will be the biggest threat for 2024. For its Global Risks report, experts and…
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Why is it so hard to let Musk’s leadership sink in?
(this piece previously appeared in Dutch in Knack) With a kitchen sink he entered Twitter’s headquarters on Friday, making it clear to everyone that they should acquiesce to his takeover. “let that sink in”. Why do so many people find it hard to let it sink in that Musk is now at the head of…
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Cyberdiplomacy at the EU – insights and personal efforts
On January 30th 2021, I ended a 2,5 year adventure working in the European Union institutions. I spent this time at the EU Institute of Security Studies, the EUISS, where I worked on the EU Cyber Direct project, providing research support to the European External Actions Service in its cyberdiplomacy endeavours. I have decided to…
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How the Russians really hacked the 2016 election
The Russians tried to hack the American elections. But not in the way that we’re used to. This piece treats some possible consequences for the West of the information war Russia has taken outside of its borders.
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The IoT Zombie army is knocking on our door, what are we going to do about this?
(this article previously appeared on Knack-Datanews) October 21, the world is confronted with an unprecedented DDoS attack, mostly caused by insecured Internet of Things devices. IoT manufacturers were put under scrutiny, and we were all given a sneak peek of the consequences when we don’t include including Security by Design. Where do we go from…
Nathalie Van Raemdonck 