Distributed Denial of Truth (DDoT): The Mechanics of Influence Operations and The Weaponization of Social Media

With the US election on the horizon, it’s a good time to explore the concept of social media weaponization and its use in asymmetrically manipulating public opinion through bots, automation, AI, and shady new tools in what Trustwave SpiderLabs has dubbed the Distributed Denial of Truth (DDoT).