Content

Tue, Jan 14, 2020

Network of pro-Maduro Twitter accounts pushed anti-Guaidó hashtags

Over 100 accounts targeted Juan Guaidó following the January 5 elections in Venezuela

Government Social Media

Thu, Jan 9, 2020

Nontraditional media outlets target former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

News aggregators and YouTube were favorite vectors to attack Poroshenko ahead of July 2019 election

Government

Thu, Jan 9, 2020

Nontraditional media outlets grabbed Ukrainians’ attention prior to elections

YouTube, news aggregators grow in popularity as sources of political news

Government

Mon, Dec 16, 2019

Visual forensics corroborate reports of Iran’s lethal crackdown on protests

Open-source evidence documented Iranian government’s use of military-grade weapons and communications blockade

Government

Mon, Dec 16, 2019

Chaos and panic lead to misinformation after Colombia’s national strike

While the protests in Colombia were mainly peaceful, xenophobic videos and social media narratives stoked potential vigilantism

Government

Mon, Dec 16, 2019

Georgia’s pro-democracy protests larger than reported

Fringe Facebook pages, pro-Kremlin outlets, and Georgian officials underestimated the size of the demonstrations

Georgia Government

Tue, Dec 10, 2019

Lingering Infektion: Latvian operation mimicked Secondary Infektion tactics

Faked documents pushed on fringe websites and social media, similar to operation uncovered in June 2019

Government Latvia

Mon, Dec 9, 2019

Far-right hooligans from Ukraine at the Hong Kong protests

Prolific hooligans crashed Hong Kong pro-democracy protests just to flex on the gram

Government Hong Kong

Wed, Dec 4, 2019

Killer content: disinformation campaign derails Pakistan’s national anti-polio drive

Misleading videos online provoked mass hysteria and attacks on health workers

Government Social Media

Mon, Dec 2, 2019

Repatriation of Maria Butina inspires more anti-American propaganda

Although Butina pleaded guilty to acting as Russian agent, pro-Kremlin outlets doubled down on disinformation about her arrest and prosecution

Government

Tue, Nov 26, 2019

Amid the crisis in Bolivia, a Twitter flood of coup denial, bot accusations, and memes

Over 1,400 accounts reposted narratives that denounced Evo Morales as illegitimate and denied a coup had occurred in Bolivia

by Alyssa Kann

Government Social Media

Fri, Nov 22, 2019

Backlash to controversial peace deal spun on Ukrainian and Russian media

Zelensky’s agreement to the Steinmeier Formula took both Ukrainian and Russian media bystorm

Government