I'm Not Begrudge the Russians the Effectiveness of Their Information Operations

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One thing to also bear in mind is that a lot of the information operations that, you know, sort of pro-Ukrainian discussion, you know, meme generation, you know, a lot of that kind of stuff, you have to be a little bit careful. A lot of that's not actually being generated in Ukraine. Often it's being generated by Ukrainians, but a lot of them are not in Ukraine, you know, especially sort of the refugee community and sort of the wider community of Ukrainians not necessarily in Ukraine itself.

Matt Tait is a cybersecurity expert who has worked both in the private sector and for the British government at GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, security, and cyber agency. He's also a Lawfare contributor. Like a lot of us, Tait has spent the last several months thinking about Ukraine, and Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes had cybersecurity questions for him. They talked about why the Ukrainian internet is still functioning and why the Russians have been so ineffective in the cyber arena. They also talked about whether U.S. support for Ukraine is threatened with Republicans in control of the House and what the Biden administration is going to do about Section 702, which is scheduled to expire at the end of next year.

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