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CinemaBlend Streaming services are huge business and major media companies are putting a lot of effort, and a lot of money behind them. Being part of this big shift toward streaming is potentially quite lucrative, which is possibly why one actor and investor allegedly ran a ponzi scheme based around streaming companies like Netflix and HBO, that took more than $200 million from investors. Zachary Horwitz, sometimes called Zach Avery, has been charged with wire fraud and could spend 20 years in prison for his alleged ponzi scheme. He was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday. Horwitz, through his com...

  Reviewed by Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley (Ret.) Cipher Brief Expert Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr. (Ret.) is a career Army intelligence officer having served over thirty-six years on active duty. He retired from the Army in November 2020.   He final assignment was as the 21st Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from October 2017 to October 2020 where we reported directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and the Secretary of Defense. “ America is bereft of a strategic vision to replace what it had in the Cold War.  And where there is no vis...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace January 26, 2021 Source: Getty Summary:  When combating influence operations, focusing on discouraging misleading digital market techniques is a more versatile, effective strategy than focusing on whether foreign or domestic actors are involved. Related Media and Tools If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! Thank you! About the Project The Lines in the Sand paper series, produced by Carnegie’s Partnership on Countering Influence Operations, uses multiple perspectives to analyze difficult policy questions and key challenges related to com...

The risk of political violence increases when people are unable to agree on facts, a leading author on disinformation has warned, as the US braces for more protests from Donald Trump supporters ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. Professor Thomas Rid explained how information can be used as a weapon - by hostile foreign states and domestic actors - to amplify divisions in a society, undermine the credibility of those in authority and win support. He was speaking on Sky News' :: Subscribe to Into The Grey Zone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker Episode Two, out now, explores a battle between...

Russia's Power and Purpose in a New Global Order BY January 9, 2021 Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order | Kathryn E. Stoner | Oxford University Press | February 2021. . I t seems that every four years, upon the election or re-election of a president, the United States undertakes a new Russia policy. Whether it is a “reset” or “overcharge”, intimate eye-gazing or burger diplomacy, or a strange and unrequited courtship dance, Washington attempts to recreate policy towards Moscow and consistently fails. This is, perhaps, the consequence of the foundations of A...