Content
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
A Facebook drama, act 1: a network of fakes
Accounts cultivated fake personas but left an online trail of inconsistencies
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
A Facebook drama, act 2: the coordination
Scripted family dramas betrayed a coordinated and cultivated network
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
A Facebook drama, act 3: the content
Fake accounts pushed charged political content as a means of gathering a particular audience susceptible to the scam
Wed, Jan 22, 2020
COMMENTARY: DFRLab predictions for 2020
DFRLab researchers reflect on what’s to come in the yearahead
Wed, Jan 22, 2020
Baltnews Latvia’s audience size decreased after domain suspension
Open-source web traffic analysis reveals significant decrease in the Kremlin outlet’s reach
Fri, Jan 17, 2020
Russian media pushed U.S. drone conspiracy related to plane crash in Iran
The unfounded theory blamed a U.S. drone strike for downing the Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 near Tehran
Mon, Jan 13, 2020
Denial, denial, confession: Iran could not avoid the truth about flight PS752
For 72 hours, Iranian government and media stuck with the same talking points about the crash until the evidence overwhelmed them
Fri, Jan 10, 2020
Alleged hack of Kuwaiti News Agency tweets bodes poorly for real-time Iran coverage
False claims of U.S. troop withdrawal from Kuwait in midst of escalation with Iran vigorously denied by state-run news outlet
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
Thu, Jan 9, 2020
Nontraditional media outlets grabbed Ukrainians’ attention prior to elections
YouTube, news aggregators grow in popularity as sources of political news
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
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
