Brookings

Chinese spies and the security of America’s networks

“Americans, your calls and texts can be monitored by Chinese spies,” a Washington Post opinion piece recently headlined. China has “growing cyber-sophistication and relentless ambition to undermine U.S.

Donald Trump has threatened to shut down broadcasters, but can he?

As president of the United States, Donald Trump threatened the federally issued licenses of television broadcast outlets that displeased him. Now, in 2024, as a presidential candidate, Donald Trump has reasserted that broadcasters who displease him should lose their federal airwave licenses.

CrowdStrike and digital ecosystem transitivity

On July 19, 2024, a major global outage was caused by a faulty software update issued by CrowdStrike, a prominent cybersecurity firm.