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Thu, Aug 30, 2018
#ElectionWatch: URSAL, Illuminati, and Brazil’s YouTube Subculture
Amplified through YouTube, a term created as a joke ends up on nationally televised presidential debate
Tue, Aug 28, 2018
#ElectionWatch: As Colombia Votes Again, Misinformation Flows
Legitimate campaigning was fused with false claims spread by political actors
Mon, Aug 27, 2018
#TrollTracker: Iran’s Suspected Information Operation
Assessing the main pages and accounts traced to Tehran by FireEye
Fri, Aug 24, 2018
#ElectionWatch: RT’s One-Sided Coverage of Midterms
Assessing partisan bias in the Kremlin broadcaster’s reporting
Tue, Aug 21, 2018
#BalticBrief: Kremlin Pivots to Video in the Baltics
How Sputnik tried to use short video stories to drive traffic to its Baltic Facebook pages
Fri, Aug 17, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Bots Around Brazil’s First Presidential Debate
Low impact of bots and fake data, but at least one “fake” article among the top stories
Thu, Aug 16, 2018
#TrollTracker: Russian Traces in Facebook Takedown
Part Three — How the trolls tried to cover their tracks
Wed, Aug 15, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Loves For Sale In Brazil
Exposing a Brazilian network which trades clicks forcash
Sun, Aug 12, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Partisan Media Deepens Divides in Colombia
The recent election was a golden opportunity for fringe media in Colombia — an opportunity they seized
Tue, Jul 31, 2018
#TrollTracker: Facebook Uncovers Active Influence Operation
Preliminary analysis on accounts suspended by Facebook for inauthentic behavior surrounding politics in the United States
Mon, Jul 30, 2018
#BotSpot: Bots Join Backlash Against Islamophobic Cartoon Contest
The Dutch far-right organized an inflammatory cartoon contest involving Islamophobic material and bots joined the backlash
Wed, Jul 25, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Bots and Biased Polls in Pakistani Elections
Parties across the spectrum used automation to amplify messages ahead of the vote
