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Fri, Dec 10, 2021
Democracy + Tech Initiative Director Rose Jackson Testifies to Senate
Rose Jackson, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)’s Democracy & Tech Initiative testified to the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband’s Thursday hearing on Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms: Addressing the Harms of Persuasive Technology.
Wed, Mar 18, 2020
Clashing narratives about constitutional amendments in Russia
Pro-Kremlin and Western Russian-language outlets diverged as public opinion became polarized
Mon, Mar 16, 2020
Right-wing Facebook pages fuel communal tensions in India
Three pages capitalized on cases of sexual violence to deepen Hindu-Muslim divide
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Operation Copy/Paste: Twitter network artificially amplified anti-Guaidó hashtags
Accounts used random text, including Wikipedia entries and song lyrics, to post anti-Guaidó hashtags on Twitter, in a likely attempt to avoid detection
Fri, Mar 6, 2020
Rumors of a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela grow
Blogs and YouTube videos spread the rumor that Juan Guaidó gave the United States permission to intervene militarily in Venezuela
Sun, Mar 1, 2020
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton amplified a coronavirus conspiracy denounced by scientists
The Arkansas senator furthered “infodemic” by pushing debunked claim that the novel coronavirus may have been created in a Wuhan laboratory
Wed, Feb 26, 2020
Anonymous Ukrainian Telegram channels serve as gateways to fringe media
Allegations against former Ukrainian MP on anonymous Telegram channels made way to fringe media and other MPs’ Telegram channels
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
Anonymous pro-Russian Telegram channels target protests in Belarus
Amid ongoing economic integration talks between Russia and Belarus, eight channels attacked opponents of integration and spread pro-Kremlin narratives
Wed, Feb 19, 2020
Anti-Guaidó and anti-Maduro hashtags trend on Twitter
Accounts that support Brazilian President Bolsonaro pushed hashtags denouncing Guaidó and Maduro and promoted military intervention in Venezuela
Mon, Feb 17, 2020
Montenegro’s information environment through history
Fourteen years after Montenegrin independence, Russia’s and Serbia’s attempts to influence the country’s domestic affairspersist
Sun, Feb 16, 2020
Citizen sleuths in India unmask perpetrators behind JNU attack
In face of police inaction, Indian users used open-source techniques to uncover the assailants responsible for university attack
Wed, Feb 5, 2020
Misleading media coverage of Warren’s voting-related disinformation plan
A tweeted headline omitted an essential qualifier, setting off a chain of misinformation
