Episodes 16
Avg. Duration 50m
Activity Dormant
Since Jul 2024
Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
feeds.acast.com

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About This Podcast

WAR AGAINST THE TROLLS is a podcast dedicated to information warfare. Its aim is to give the floor to specialists on the subject – researchers, academics, Defense personnel, journalists... – in order to discuss the latest news and the mechanisms of this warfare.


The views expressed by the host are its own and not those of any organization.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Recent Episodes

S2E8 S02E08 Investigating Romania’s Election Interference

Feb 23, 2025 26m

From dormant accounts and algorithm manipulation to cyber attacks and foreign-backed networks, check out the findings of Andra-Lucia MARTINESCU, researcher at the Policy Center in London, as she…

S2E7 S02E07 Big Laws for Big Tech

Feb 16, 2025 35m

Big Tech is dropping fact-checking. Sit down with Alexandre ALAPHILIPPE, Executive Director at EU DisinfoLab, as he pleads for enforcing the Digital Services Act (DSA) and European regulations to…

S2E6 S02E06 Stop the Hype

Feb 09, 2025 43m

Are Western democracies helping their adversaries by overreacting to foreign propaganda? Join Gavin WILDE, senior researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, senior fellow at…

S2E5 S02E05 Fighting Disinformation in Ukraine

Feb 02, 2025 49m

Join us for a conversation with Anayit KHOPERIYA, Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation. Discover how the Center tracks and counters Russian disinformation, the Kremlin’s use…

S2E4 S02E04 D-RAIL

Jan 26, 2025 50m

Discover the cutting-edge D-RAIL framework with Carl MILLER — digital researcher, author, and international speaker — and learn how to disrupt the hidden mechanics of illicit influence operations.…

S2E3 S02E03 VIGINUM – Detecting and Characterizing Foreign Digital Interference

Jan 19, 2025 44m

Gain insights into how VIGINUM, the French state agency for vigilance and protection against digital interference, investigates foreign information operations and manipulation campaigns. Hervé…

S2E2 S02E02 Military Blogger: On the Front Line of Information Warfare

Jan 13, 2025 50m

Follow Artur REHI, an Estonian military blogger cumulating 900,000 followers on YouTube, on the frontline of modern information warfare.Special thanks to the Radisson Blu Hotel Olümpia, in Tallinn,…

S2E1 S02E01 Leading Through the Power of Words

Jan 05, 2025 1h

Sit down with NATO’s Chair of the Military Committee, Admiral Rob BAUER and his StratCom and Public Affairs advisor, Eleonora RUSSELL, to discuss the role of communication in military leadership, the…

S1E8 S01E08 In the Armory : Blackbird.AI

Aug 25, 2024 1h

The "In the Armory" series spotlights resources available to analysts and communicators engaged in the war against the trolls.In this episode, we feature Blackbird.AI, an AI-driven SaaS platform that…

S1E7 S01E07 Understanding the Information Environment

Aug 18, 2024 52m

Understanding the cognitive effects that adversaries are trying to achieve on NATO populations, by defining and assessing the information environment, with Elizabeth FRY, Head of Communications…

S1E6 S01E06 The Evolution of Propaganda

Aug 11, 2024 42m

A short history of propaganda, from the French Revolution to troll armies in the digital age, depicted by David COLON, a researcher at Sciences Po Paris specialized in propaganda and persuation…

S1E5 S01E05 NATO countering FIMI

Aug 04, 2024 44m

Discover how NATO counters the growing threat of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) to safeguard global democracy, as Marie-Doha BESANCENOT, NATO Assistant Secretary General for…

S1E4 S01E04 Operation Overload

Jul 28, 2024 1h 12m

Dive into "Operation Overload", a large-scale, cross-country, multi-platform disinformation campaign designed to spread pro-Russian propaganda by targeting newsrooms and fact-checkers, with Guillaume…

S1E3 S01E03 Journalism vs. Propaganda

Jul 21, 2024 53m

Understand how information warfare is redefining the media landscape and why supporting independent journalism is more critical than ever, with Thibaut BRUTTIN, Director General at Reporters Without…

S1E2 S01E02 Uncovering The Kremlin's Trolls

Jul 14, 2024 1h 1m

A look back at the genesis and evolution of Russian troll factories with Jessikka ARO, awarded reporter and author of "Putin's Trolls" and "Putin's World War". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…

S1E1 S01E01 NATO StratCom For The Win

Jul 07, 2024 1h 4m

Discover how NATO tackles information and cognitive warfare with insights from Jay JANZEN, Strategic Communications Director at Allied Command Operations - NATO. Hosted on Acast. See…

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