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Doppelganger websites persist one month following US government seizures
Mysterious cross-border influence campaign sparks election controversy in Moldova
Analysis: five online takeaways from the ongoing Mideast conflict
Georgian Dream promotes images of bombed Ukrainian cities as an electoral fearmongering tactic
The challenges of identifying deepfakes ahead of the 2024 Brazil election
Analysis: a brave new reality after the UN’s Global Digital Compact
FIMI 101: Foreign information manipulation and interference targeting the 2024 US general election
Crypto-scam hosts pop-up livestream featuring a deepfaked Elon Musk
How pro-Kremlin influencers spread unfounded connections between Ukraine and a would-be Trump assassin
How the Venezuelan regime weaponized video and messaging apps to persecute dissidents
Doppelganger: How Russia mimicked real news sites and created fake ones to target US audiences
Fake it off: AI-generated Taylor Swift pics spark controversy
Explainer: US catches Russia red-handed attempting to manipulate 2024 presidential election
Explainer: the Russian influence operations targeting the 2024 US elections
Atlantic Council names Mark Scott as Senior Resident Fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab’s Democracy + Tech Initiative.
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Data and Methodology
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mapping the Global Spyware Market and its Threats to National Security and Human Rights
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them
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The Democracy + Tech Initiative creates policy practices that align global stakeholders toward tech and governance that reinforces, rather than undermines, open societies.
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