From Andrew Schwartz <[email protected]>
Subject By The Numbers: Cybercrime, Chinese Demography, Disinformation, and More
Date March 12, 2023 3:13 PM
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Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.

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$3 billion

Cybercrime cost older Americans nearly $3 billion in 2021, according to the FBI’s 2021 Elderly Fraud Report.



SOURCE: "From Maybe-Secure to Responsible Security: The New National Cybersecurity Strategy" by CSIS's Emily Harding.

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62 million "missing" women

A study estimated there are 62 million “missing” women in China—females who would be alive without gender discrimination.



SOURCE: "How Severe Are China’s Demographic Challenges?" by the CSIS ChinaPower team.

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126 million users

During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Russia-affiliated Internet Research Agency ran approximately 3,000 political advertisements and posted 80,000 pieces of content on Facebook—which an estimated 126 million U.S. users may have seen.



SOURCE: "Banning TikTok Will Not Solve U.S. Online Disinformation Problems" by CSIS's Caitlin Chin.

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67-70 percent

The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces 67–70 percent of the world's cobalt, which is key to the production of batteries for electric vehicles.



SOURCE: "The U.S.-Zambia-DRC Agreement on EV Batteries Production: What Comes Next?" by CSIS's Christian Géraud Neema Byamungu.

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