Artificial Intelligence needs Human Intelligence to know anything at all
FilterLabs starts with a query and a sentiment analysis, but we don’t stop there.
Four Similarities Between Chinese and Russian Propaganda ... and One Big Difference
The U.S. Department of State recently released a report on the scope of Chinese information campaigns. We note that the PRC's strategies frequently coincide with the Kremlin’s, and the similarities can tell us much about how authoritarian regimes operate today.
Are Russians Getting Fed Up With Sham Elections?
Discontent may be brewing after an apparent Putin victory
Abortion in Russia: a political landscape
Yes, there is a religious angle. But overall, the issue is less politically polarizing than it is in the US and reflects Russians' widespread anxiety over demographic decline.
Why the Insurrection Failed
Five Factors that Led to Prigozhin’s Downfall
How Trouble Found the Mayor of Krasnodar (and What He Did About It)
Negative sentiment does not always mean displeasure. To make sense of sentiment in big data sets, one actually needs to know the minutiae of local social conditions. Sounds too paradoxical? Consider the recent fortunes of Evgeny Naumov, the mayor of Krasnodar.
How Propaganda Spreads When Nobody Believes It
The dirty bomb rumor and other pseudo-events
