Latest Research
September 2022
Notorious hate group website displayed prominently in Google search results
Google displays Patriot Front URL in search results sidebar despite blocking other racist website URLs from appearing there.
September 2022
How Chinese social media reacted to Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
Interest in Pelosi visit skyrocketed on Weibo before news fatigue set in.
September 2022
Russia-aligned hacktivists stir up anti-Ukrainian sentiments in Poland
Russian Telegram channels possibly linked to Ghostwriter amplified forged letters published by hacktivist assets.
September 2022
Russian War Report: Ukraine counterattacks in Kherson as Russia prepares new deployments
Ukrainian forces targeted Russian military command-and-control elements in northwestern Kherson, while Russian forces attempted a limited ground assault in the same area.
September 2022
Pro-Kremlin Wikipedia alternative off to a rough start
Member-only pages, restrictive content policies, and a lack of transparency: Runiversalis is a wiki in name only.
August 2022
How CSSAs reinforce official narratives to expat Chinese students on WeChat
The DFRLab analyzed WeChat articles from Chinese Students and Scholars Associations across the US, UK, Canada and Australia.
September 2022
Russian War Report: Ukraine counterattacks in Kherson as Russia prepares new deployments
Ukrainian forces targeted Russian military command-and-control elements in northwestern Kherson, while Russian forces attempted a limited ground assault in the same area.
August 2022
Russian War Report: Satellite imagery confirms destruction of aircraft at Crimea airbase
Satellite imagery confirms the destruction of Crimea’s Saki airbase and debunking “Ukraine sells weapons” narratives.
July 2022
Russia War Report: Russia accuses Ukraine of creating ‘monster’ troops in biolabs
Russian officials are spreading the newest iteration of the conspiracy that suggests the United States is running secret biolabs in Ukraine, this time suggesting that Ukraine has created experimental “monster” troops.
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Wartime content moderation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
A public conversation on the ways Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced social media platforms to adapt their content moderation policies on the fly.
Report launch: China’s discourse power operations in the Global South
Launch event for the DFRLab’s report, China’s Discourse Power Operations in The Global South: An Overview of Chinese Activities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Book Talk: “America Second: How America’s elites are making China stronger”
The Digital Forensic Research Lab hosts the author of the new book “America Second: How America’s Elites are Making China Stronger” for a panel discussion, moderated by David O. Shullman.
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