Journal #10
Read this and write a journal entry summarizing your response to the article on social cybersecurity.
The article highlights how adversaries use social media to launch influence operations by targeting societal divisions, spreading false narratives, and amplifying polarizing content. These tactics create confusion and erode public trust. Their strategies often rely on bots, trolls, and fake profiles to amplify these messages, making distinguishing between authentic disagreements and manipulation harder. Furthermore, it emphasizes that such manipulation is a serious threat, ruining trust in institutions and destabilizing societies. Thus, addressing these challenges requires new approaches and partnerships across government and society to build digital safety and counter online influence operations.