Protecting Truth in the Digital Age

We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.

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The digital age has fundamentally reshaped the architecture of modern warfare, moving the battlefield far beyond physical borders and into the volatile realm of perception. In a significant evolution of the ironclad South Korea-U.S. alliance, military leaders recently took a pivotal step toward securing this new, intangible front. On a Friday at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) headquarters in Yongsan, South Korean and American officials conducted their inaugural joint tabletop exercise specifically designed to dismantle foreign disinformation campaigns that could be weaponized during a wartime scenario. By simulating the chaos of an information war, the allies are acknowledging that…

The story of Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo is a stark reminder of the messy, often contradictory reality of modern geopolitical warfare. A Central African journalist, Yalike-Ngonzo found himself at the epicenter of a dangerous information battleground, working for years as a producer for a Russian-linked influence network. His job, orchestrated by handlers tied to the SVR intelligence agency, was to manufacture narratives supporting both the local government and its Russian partners. Yet, his complicity had a breaking point. When he was ordered to whitewash the brutal wounding of two young herders by mercenaries, Yalike-Ngonzo finally turned his back on the machine he…

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