Tyrants on Twitter is the first detailed analysis of the use of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube by Chinese and Russian intelligence agencies to undermine the liberal world order.

David L. Sloss examines the 2016 U.S. elections, Russian foreign influence operations aimed at undermining democracy in Europe, and China’s use of social media to interfere in the functioning of Western democracies while strengthening the power of autocratic rulers in various parts of the world. In addition to a critical analysis of the phenomenon of information aggression, the book also offers proposals for practical legislative measures to combat it.

This book is intended for information security specialists, journalists, sociologists, and anyone interested in the influence of social media on society, information policy, and information warfare.

Translation from English by Serhiy Hiryk

352 pages. Hardcover