The Devil Is In The Data: Publicly Available Information And The Risks To Force Protection And Readiness

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2022

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Modern War Institute

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In the early 2010s, mass protests and riots ripped through the Middle East and North Africa as the Arab Spring gathered support. Longtime authoritarians like Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, and Bashar al-Assad of Syria all struggled to contain the groundswell after decades of rule. The rest of the world watched the human rights atrocities broadcast live on social media directly from those living through it instead of from traditional media institutions or foreign correspondents. The ubiquity of cellular phones and social media had democratized media production and the world had a front-row seat to revolution and upheaval.

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Joe Littell, Maggie Smith and Nick Starck. "The Devil Is In The Data: Publicly Available Information And The Risks To Force Protection And Readiness". Modern War Institute, 2022.

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