Content

Wed, Feb 7, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Murky Metrics in Italian Migration Debate

How a think tank’s questionable studies permeated the Italian political debate

Government

Sun, Jan 28, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Protests Across Russia

Demonstrators call for boycott of March elections

Government

Fri, Jan 26, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Police Raids Ahead of Opposition Protests in Russia

An open-source snapshot of efforts ahead of nationwide protest against Russian presidential elections

Government

Thu, Jan 25, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Italy’s Self-Made Bots

How the Lega’s followers automate themselves

Government Social Media

Fri, Jan 19, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Italy on High Alert Ahead of March Elections

Instances of disinformation spread by partisans permeates public debate

Government

Wed, Jan 17, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Pushing Back On Putin?

Social media traffic as Russians sign up for Putin’s re-election

Government Social Media

Wed, Jan 10, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Putin’s First Month of (not) Campaigning

Putin’s social media image in the first month of campaigning to become Russia’s longest-serving president

Government

Tue, Jan 9, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Death Threats to Russian Opposition Leader Spread

How a conspiracy theory that Alexey Navalny will soon be killed by Ukrainian Security Services spread

Government

Wed, Dec 13, 2017

#ElectionWatch: Scottish Vote, Pro-Kremlin Trolls

How pro-Russian accounts boosted claims of election fraud at Scotland’s independence referendum

Government Social Media

Tue, Dec 5, 2017

#ElectionWatch: Sobchak’s Presidential Campaign Gets a Makeover

How the candidate for Russia’s presidency altered her social media strategy to prove the seriousness of her campaign

Government Social Media

Fri, Nov 17, 2017

#ElectionWatch: Alabama Twitter War

Activists raise a storm in a coffee cup over Roy Moore allegations

Government Social Media

Fri, Nov 10, 2017

Shifting Stories on the “Spanish Donbas”

How Russian media shifted narrative as the prospect of Catalan independence declined

Elections Government