The Weaponisation of Social Media, Crowdfunding and Drones

Russia’s failure to defeat Ukraine has opened a virtual Pandora’s box of the digital age, unleashing unforeseen changes to the character of war. Runar Spansvoll describes and explores how social, financial and technology-driven changes have enabled social media, crowdfunding and commercial drones to...

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Published inThe RUSI journal Vol. 169; no. 1-2; pp. 46 - 60
Main Author Spansvoll, Runar
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LanguageEnglish
Published London Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies 01.02.2024
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Crowdfunding
Digital media
Funding
Social networks
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Abstract Russia’s failure to defeat Ukraine has opened a virtual Pandora’s box of the digital age, unleashing unforeseen changes to the character of war. Runar Spansvoll describes and explores how social, financial and technology-driven changes have enabled social media, crowdfunding and commercial drones to become weaponised in Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s war of aggression. The main finding is that the three elements–social media, digital crowdfunding and commercial drones–have converged into a potent triad that is bringing evolutionary changes to the character of contemporary war and warfare.◼
AbstractList Russia’s failure to defeat Ukraine has opened a virtual Pandora’s box of the digital age, unleashing unforeseen changes to the character of war. Runar Spansvoll describes and explores how social, financial and technology-driven changes have enabled social media, crowdfunding and commercial drones to become weaponised in Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s war of aggression. The main finding is that the three elements–social media, digital crowdfunding and commercial drones–have converged into a potent triad that is bringing evolutionary changes to the character of contemporary war and warfare.◼
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