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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

Contact him at stilley@cts.today.

Huawei runs campaign to look like solution to global problems

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Categories: ASCF News Emerging Threats National Preparedness

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Huawei ran a new influence campaign using Facebook ads with disguised political messages, Twitter broadcasts by a leading American law firm, and the Chinese state television’s American division. The effort is designed to make the Chinese tech giant look like the solution to all the world’s problems just as the West’s economies have come to a screeching halt. Huawei ran ads in March on Facebook that predicted a global cyber crisis that could become just as severe or “maybe even worse” than the financial crisis of 2008. The ad encouraged people to “#TrustInTech #HuaweiNow.” Facebook removed the ad because it did not include a disclaimer that it was related to U.S. politics and because Huawei paid for the ad with a foreign currency.

“After this ad started running, we determined that it was related to U.S. politics and issues of national importance,” reads a statement posted in the Facebook Ad Library. “We require these types of ads to be paid for in U.S. dollars. This ad was paid for in foreign currency, so we took it down.”

Before the ad stopped running on March 9, it received 60,000 to 70,000 impressions from Facebook users primarily in Western Europe, Canada and the United States. When the ad ran, western nations were debating whether and how to allow Huawei to contribute to 5G network technology development in their countries.

The U.S. government has not been open to working with Huawei. The Department of Justice indicted the tech giant on racketeering charges in February and President Trump’s administration has announced a coming ban on Huawei doing business in the U.S.

None of that stopped Huawei from pushing ahead with its American influence efforts. The company recorded videos with Michael Carvin, partner at the law firm Jones Day, featuring the Capitol dome over his shoulder as he argues that Huawei poses no risk to America. Huawei has shared videos of Mr. Carvin throughout March, and it also paid for ads on Twitter to say its actions are motivated by “human responsibility” and to #ConnectNotDivide.

Huawei also looked to capitalize on positive publicity associated with sending medical supplies to New York when the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. The Chinese internet and technology company reportedly delivered 10,000 masks, 20,000 isolation gowns, 50,000 goggles and 10,000 gloves.

Photo: Photo by: Mark SchiefelbeinIn this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, a man uses his smartphone as he stands near a billboard for Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) **FILE**

Link: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/31/huawei-runs-campaign-look-solution-global-problems/

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