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Experts
Ari Ben Am
CCTI Adjunct Fellow
Peter Doran
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Donald Jensen
Adjunct Fellow
Max Lesser
CCTI Senior Analyst on Emerging Threats
Bilyana Lilly
Adjunct Fellow
Clifford D. May
Founder & President
Sophie McDowall
CCTI Research Associate
Ivana Stradner
Research Fellow
Jacob Breach
Senior Advisor
Cameryn Jones
Research Associate
About
FDD analyzes how adversary nations and extremist movements exploit information environments to manipulate public opinion and undermine democratic institutions, while developing strategies to defend the United States and its allies against influence operations.
FDD Analysis
Congress wrote this rule for radio. Write it again for social media platforms
Washington Examiner
Defense Department’s Public Election Security Directive Sends Important, but Belated, Signal to U.S. Adversaries
Policy Brief
FDD Exposes Network of Fake Watchdog and News Websites Advancing Qatari Interests
Memo
Putin claims a landslide, but he can’t hide the smoke over Moscow
Washington Examiner
What the “Voice of Gaza” Chose Not to Tell the World
In a wide-ranging interview lasting more than three hours with the Arabic-language podcast Taqarob, photographer Motaz Azaiza discussed his work in Gaza and what went on behind the scenes of local media coverage. His admissions about self-censorship, Hamas repression and the withholding of footage from October 7 challenge his image as the “perfect correspondent” and raise questions about the ethics of Western media.
Atlantico
Experts
Ari Ben Am
CCTI Adjunct Fellow
Peter Doran
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Donald Jensen
Adjunct Fellow
Max Lesser
CCTI Senior Analyst on Emerging Threats
Bilyana Lilly
Adjunct Fellow
Clifford D. May
Founder & President
Sophie McDowall
CCTI Research Associate
Ivana Stradner
Research Fellow
Jacob Breach
Senior Advisor
Cameryn Jones
Research Associate
In The News
Russian election control and hybrid warfare
The John Batchelor Show
Freeway sign hack aims to frighten Iranians in Los Angeles, experts say
Iran International
Abdul El-Sayed Called on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood To 'Purge the Media and Police' Shortly Before Islamic Government Arrested Reporters for 'Insulting Islam'
The Washington Free Beacon
How Russia is waging war without firing a shot
Redline Media
Putin wants to re-establish “Russian greatness” regardless of the sacrifice needed
TVP World
Events
EVENT: AI on the Front Line: Lessons from the Iran Conflict
May 6, 2026 | 6:30