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Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Suspicious third-party apps monetize fake engagement on TikTok
An industry of apps that offer likes and follows on TikTok is operating in the Google Play Store, but they come with a price
Mon, Mar 2, 2020
Facebook shuts down Egyptian disinformation network, bans two marketing companies
Facebook removed more than 1,700 assets linked to Egyptian digital marketing firms targeting audiences in Middle East and North Africa
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
OneCoin Ponzi scheme fans gamed reviews on TrustPilot and Quora
Inauthentic accounts boosted purported cryptocurrency’s online reputation amid regulatory scrutiny
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
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
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
Case study: politically charged pro-India hashtags amid Kashmir’s digital blackout
The accounts, some of them inauthentic, spread #KashmirWelcomesChange and #KashmirWithModi hashtags at the start of the ongoing blackout
Fri, Jan 17, 2020
Case study: the Pakistani side of politically charged hashtags amid Kashmir’s digital blackout
Pakistanis amplified the hashtags #IndiaUsingClusterBombs and #KashmirUnderThreat
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
Fri, Dec 20, 2019
Inauthentic pages linked to majority government taken down in Georgia
Facebook took down assets, among other things, that were critical of opposition parties and biased against the United States
