Content
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
Mon, Dec 2, 2019
Ukrainian media jump the gun on Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Anonymous Telegram channels were the source of unsubstantiated reports of the supposed exchange
Wed, Nov 20, 2019
Cyber-attack knocks out Georgian websites, comes with a surprise
Over 2,000 Georgian government, nonprofit, and private websites hit with malicious code
Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Sockpuppet accounts impersonate India’s space agency chief
Accounts appeared amid increased public attention to the space agency following an unsuccessful attempt at a lunar landing
Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Blast highlights “MGB” detentions in separatist-held Donetsk
Act of sabotage by unknown assailant targeted Russian-backed separatist communication infrastructure
Wed, Nov 6, 2019
Is this granny a bot? The challenges of detecting automation
A Brazilian account that mixes bot-like and human-like features illustrates the difficulty in determining whether an account is automated
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Facebook removes assets connected to Egyptian newspaper El Fagr
Pages, groups, and accounts masqueraded as regional news outlets in a coordinated effort
