“Right now, Russia’s security services and their proxies have geared up to repeat their interference in the 2020 election. We are running out of time to stop them.” This stark warning from former National Security Council official Fiona Hill—during impeachment hearings in the U.S. Congress—serves as a sharp reminder of the threat to democracy posed by foreign interference and disinformation. The United States has made much progress since the 2016 elections, when the scope and sophistication of disinformation flowing through social media platforms caught the country flat-footed—but this work is far from over.
Russia’s systematic attack on U.S. democracy in 2016 …read more
