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Thu, May 2, 2024
Pro-government Facebook ads target protests against foreign agents bill in Georgia
Dozens of Facebook ads targeted Georgian protesters with anti-Western and anti-LGBTQ+ narratives
by Sopo Gelava
Fri, Mar 1, 2024
Second Statement of Konstantinos Komaitis to the United Nations on the Global Digital Compact
Delivered before the United Nations on the topic of the Global Digital Compact, identifying opportunities it presents
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
First Statement of Konstantinos Komaitis to the United Nations on the Global Digital Compact
Delivered before the United Nations on the topic of the Global Digital Compact, addressing successes and lessons learned
Thu, Feb 15, 2024
US celebrities unwittingly recruited to undermine Moldova’s president
Pro-Russian propagandists solicited US celebrities on Cameo to record videos calling for the downfall of Moldovan President Maia Sandu
Wed, Feb 14, 2024
TikTok: Hate the Game, Not the Player
How Strategic and Regulatory Confusion Around TikTok Prevent an Effective National Security Response
Mon, May 22, 2023
The complexity of Europe’s digital sovereignty agenda explained
Analyzing European digital sovereignty through a unified lens risks overlooking the nuanced approach of member states
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
