Hostile Social Manipulation
Mazarr, Michael J / Casey, Abigail / Demus, Alyssa
The practitioners of hostile social manipulation employ social media, sophisticated forgeries, cyberbullying and harassment, distribution of rumors and conspiracy theories, and other tools to cause damage to their target state. This report represents an effort to better define and understand the challenge by focusing on the activities of the two leading authors of such techniques-Russia and China.