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As governments reclassify critical minerals as national security assets, mining operations have become targets in a broader geopolitical contest: in which disinformation is an instrument to redirect resource flows, disrupt financing, and shift bargaining power.
The disinformation threat is complex and rapidly evolving. It requires knowledge sharing within the community to combat this threat. Insights provide Refute’s perspective of the disinformation landscape including the challenges, threat actors, industry focus and latest trends.
The Council for Countering Online Disinformation and Refute published a joint position paper outlining how disinformation threatens hybrid warfare, corporate risk, and societal resilience, emphasizing the need for innovation and regulation to address the UK’s evolving disinformation challenges.
Refute reveals that nearly one-third of copper-related online discourse in South America comes from inauthentic or coordinated social media accounts. These findings demonstrate significant disinformation campaign risk surrounding the sought-after critical mineral.
Gartner positioned Refute as a pioneer in its Emerging Market Quadrant for Narrative Intelligence, recognizing its automated threat detection and actionable response capabilities.
Refute published its first industry-focused disinformation insights report, which includes commentary on the industry’s geopolitical backdrop, key threat actor profiles to be aware of, commonly used tactics in coordinated influence campaigns, case studies, and more.
Refute’s founders have over 40 years of experience developing technologies to combat terrorist attacks and financial crime, now adapting to hybrid warfare threats like bot farms, influencer manipulation, and agentic AI targeting commercial organizations.
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