Dear Friends and Colleagues, Just sharing with you a new article I've just published today on Tech Policy Press, 'How Social Media Incentives Helped Drive the Discord Leaks <https://techpolicy.press/how-social-media-incentives-helped-drive-the-discord-leaks/> .' In this latest episode in my analysis on Jack Teixeira, the Discord Leaker, I do a deep dive into the ways in which social media specifically encourages self-interested national security leaks like this and the role they play in fueling conspiracy theory driven far-right politics. It argues social media wasn’t just a vector distributing the leak, but may have escalated Teixeira’s behavior, increasing the leak's impact. I detail important reforms that are needed to stop this recurring. (This latest piece also follows my recent article for SpyTalk <https://www.spytalk.co/p/the-air-force-loves-war-gamers-like>, which critiqued the AI 'insider threat' systems that failed, and revealed that the US military itself encouraged its young recruits into gaming communities on an app that's a playground for white nationalist extremists.) Thank you for taking a look. Best wishes, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC Incoming: Associate Professor at Monash University Fellow at Bard College, Human Rights Project Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability Speaking agent: Chartwell Speakers <https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/emma-briant/> Book agent: Inkwell Management <https://inkwellmanagement.com/> Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Support my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Sign up for my Newsletter <http://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/>! Follow me on Mastodon @emmalbriant@mastodon.online Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant "I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is." - Steve Martin “Women are like teabags . We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” - Unknown