"Percepto’s experience in French-speaking Africa offers a rare window into the round-the-clock information warfare that is shaping international politics -- and

"Percepto’s experience in French-speaking Africa offers a rare window into the round-the-clock information warfare that is shaping international politics -- and the booming business of disinformation-for-hire." "Politicians the world over -- from President Biden to the head of the United Nations -- have decried disinformation, calling it one of the greatest threats to democracy in modern times. But there is no consensus on how to regulate it because virtually every country engages in influence operations -- even though few will admit to doing so." "'If we’re going to not accept what Russia is doing, we need to articulate what we’re not going to do. said Graham Brookie, senior director of the Digital Forensic Research Lab, a unit of the Atlantic Council think tank that studies disinformation."