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Thu, Mar 5, 2020
Tracking narratives around James Le Mesurier and the White Helmets
How conspiracies resurfaced and shifted after Le Mesurier’s death
Thu, Mar 5, 2020
Conspiracy theorist gets thousands of YouTube views spreading coronavirus rumors
UFO-obsessed Youtuber continued to publish misleading videos that targeted Latin America even after conspiracies were debunked
Sun, Feb 16, 2020
The South African information space: a legacy of disinformation from apartheid to 2020
Apartheid-era propaganda fomented media distrust, and more than 25 years into democracy, South Africa still struggles with the legacy
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 12, 2020
Iran, Russia, and the Taliban exploited informational void in U.S. military plane crash
After a U.S. Bombardier E-11A aircraft crashed in Afghanistan, Iranian, Russian, and pro-Taliban entities amplified unverified information
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
Tue, Feb 4, 2020
Фейсбук заблокировал ряд страниц в Украине: страницы распространяли анти-украинский контент
DFRLab found a user named “Alexander Viktorovich” and other online individuals who distributed anti-Ukrainian narratives on external websites
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
A reason for skepticism with China’s coronavirus comms
Coronavirus brings into focus the Chinese Communist Party’s history of obfuscating the facts during public health crises
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
Iran’s confession over downing a passenger jet conjures Kremlin’s uncomfortable past
Iran confessed to PS752, while Russia never did for MH17; now, Russian propagandists are doubling down on the denials
Tue, Jan 28, 2020
Misleading claim against Venezuela’s Guaidó spread abroad
Russian, Iranian, and Cuban outlets, among others, picked up anti-Guaidó rumor from pro-Maduro sites and targeted Spanish-speaking countries
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Top takes: A Facebook drama in three acts
An exclusive report, in collaboration with Der Spiegel, reveals a network of fake accounts building fake lifetimes in fake ways
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
A Facebook drama, act 1: a network of fakes
Accounts cultivated fake personas but left an online trail of inconsistencies
