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Wed, Aug 14, 2019
Facebook Disabled Assets Linked to Egypt and UAE-Based Firms
Two digital marketing firms conducted influence campaigns targeting the Middle East and North Africa
Wed, Aug 14, 2019
Facebook’s Ukraine Takedown: Personas Pushed Anti-Ukraine Content
DFRLab found “Aleksander Viktorovich” and other personas spreading anti-Ukraine narratives on external websites
Fri, Aug 9, 2019
Pro-Kremlin Actors Fuel Anti-Turkish Sentiment in Georgia
By presenting Turkey as an existential threat to Georgia, outlets divert attention away from the looming Kremlin threat
Fri, Aug 2, 2019
Facing Pro-Democracy Wave, Kremlin Violently Suppresses Moscow Protests
Kremlin largely ignored the protests, justified police violence, and obstructed investigation into key opposition leader’s sudden illness
Thu, Jul 25, 2019
Facebook Takes Down Inauthentic Pages with Connections to Thailand
Pages removed from Facebook and Instagram pushed anti-U.S. narratives
by Iain Robertson, Kanishk Karan, Ayushman Kaul
Mon, Jul 8, 2019
For the Kremlin, HBO’s “Chernobyl” Hits a Nerve
How — and why– the Kremlin media mobilized against HBO’s account of the 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster
by Eto Buziashvili
Wed, Jul 3, 2019
Real Users Inadvertently Boost Bot Campaign Against Glenn Greenwald in Brazil
In criticizing a trending hashtag targeting the journalist, his supporters unintentionally amplified a bot-fueled Twitter campaign
by Luiza Bandeira
Mon, Jul 1, 2019
360/OS 2019: Deepfakes — It’s Not What It Looks Like!
Part of a series of posts highlighting key themes at the DFRLab’s 360/OS 2019 summit
Sat, Jun 22, 2019
Top Takes: Suspected Russian Intelligence Operation
Operators worked across platforms to spread lies and impersonate political figures
Sat, Jun 22, 2019
Russian Op 2: Fanning Irish Flames
How the influence operation targeted Irish divisions
Sat, Jun 22, 2019
Russian Op 3: The Blue Man and the Mole
Fake accounts targeted Ukraine with suspect documents and “leaks”
