Ask an Expert: How Foreign Information Operations Aim to Shape the 21st Century
In this Ask an Expert webinar, Graphika’s Chief Intelligence Officer Jack Stubbs and Founder Dr. John Kelly walk through how the ABC Framework powers our work in social media intelligence, cyber threat detection, and social engineering analysis.
Overview
Foreign Information operations vary in scope and tactics, but one thing remains consistent: adversarial actors are investing heavily in capabilities to manipulate public opinion across today’s networked communications platforms.
In this on-demand webinar, Graphika Founder and Executive Chairman Dr. John Kelly and VP of Intelligence Tyler Williams unpack how these efforts are designed to disrupt democratic processes, undermine trust, and reshape the global information environment.
What You’ll Learn
- How online manipulation and information operations are shaping modern great power competition
- Which countries are leading these efforts and the tactics they use
- How the U.S. can protect its interests and information integrity
- The core methodology behind Graphika’s approach to analyzing online activity at scale.
Who Should Watch
- Trust & Safety professionals
- National security and policy leaders
- Cybersecurity and threat intelligence teams
- Researchers and journalists covering information warfare
- Platform operators and regulatory decision-makers
Originally Aired
Wednesday, June 25 at 12:00 PM ET
John W. Kelly, PhD is the founder and Executive Chairman of Graphika and a recognized expert in network and computational analysis of online behavior. He has advised the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, testified on foreign interference in U.S. elections, and worked with institutions including the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Columbia University, where he earned his PhD in Communications.
Jack Stubbs
Chief Intelligence Officer
As Chief Intelligence Officer, Jack Stubbs led Graphika intelligence analysts to deliver social network analysis, information environment assessments, and other quantitative and qualitative research and reporting.
Tyler Williams
Vice President of Intel
Tyler Williams is an expert in open-source intelligence methodologies and structured analytic techniques. Under his leadership, Graphika's intelligence analysts illuminate commercial and security interests, from brand backlashes to state- and non-state-linked influence operations (IO), extremist movements, and other online manipulation and harms.
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