Roberta Duffield

Roberta is the VP of Intelligence at Blackbird.AI. She brings a strong interdisciplinary background to her role, drawing on her previous career experiences in the military, post-conflict humanitarian development, journalism, and corporate risk intelligence, working in the UK and the Middle East.

Roberta is the VP of Intelligence at Blackbird.AI. She brings a strong interdisciplinary background to her role, drawing on her previous career experiences in the military, post-conflict humanitarian development, journalism, and corporate risk intelligence, working in the UK and the Middle East.

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Gender Perspectives in the Early Detection of Information Threats

Roberta Duffield

Gender is one of the most visible attributes online and one of the deepest social fault lines offline. Threat actors exploit both, but the patterns they leave behind can be detected by narrative intelligence before a campaign scales.

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How Narrative Feed Turns Social Media Chaos Into Actionable Intelligence

Naushad UzZaman, Paul Burkard, Roberta Duffield, Vanya Cohen, John Wissinger

Narrative Feed helps organizations make sense of the chaotic information landscape by detecting and prioritizing full narratives across the social web, instead of isolated posts, giving leaders context and clarity.

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Narrative Attacks as a Global Phenomenon

Roberta Duffield

In mid-May 2020 Blackbird.AI noted a sharp upswing in the manipulation of #WWG1WGA_WORLDWIDE and #WWG1WGA_GLOBAL hashtags.