Guardians of Reputation: The Imperative for Defensive Social Media Teams
Why Companies Must Prepare for the Weaponization of Social Media and Its Impact on Stock Prices
I recently went on Cyabra’s Too Much Disinformation Podcast to talk about Deceptive Imagery Persuasion and Defensive Social Media Strike Teams.
You can listen to the recording on Spotify.
If InBev had a defensive social media strike team, would they have been able to handle their Bud Lite Misinformation Crisis Better? How can DIP or Deceptive Information Persuasion be used to damage your company, lower its stock price and make it vulnerable to short sellers and hostile takeovers?
What if short sellers pay inauthentic actors to degrade a company on social media, thereby lowering its stock price?
This is actually a much bigger than anyone has picked up. If a billionaire can do it with barely getting a slap on the wrist because he thinks it is funny, why not do it to make money or improve negotiations to get help circumventing sanctions or to develop your own chip industry based on American IP?
Your suggestion is in line with- "Members of European parliament have argued that Europe needs to strengthen its defense against Russian propaganda citing alleged Russian meddling in French, German and Spanish elections as well as Brexit.[77] In March 2015, The East Stratcom Task Force was created with the backing of the European Union in order to counter Russian efforts to spread misinformation and fake news.[78]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_Russia#