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Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Nigerian Twitter users flock to VPNs amid dubious legal threats

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by Jean le Roux

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

Eritrean report uses fact-checking tropes to dismiss evidence as “disinformation”

Eritrean officials promoted a report undermining

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Thu, Jun 17, 2021

Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab Launches Democracy + Tech Initiative

Initiative to advance digital agenda focused on human rights and democratic values; programing kicks off with high-profile event featuring Katherine Maher on June 22.

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

Belarusian independent media and Telegram channels outperform state media on Facebook

Anti-government channels have begun losing ground

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

Russian officials, media, and VK spread disinfo over Ukraine’s football uniform

New disinformation wave using old narratives

Wed, Jun 16, 2021

Pro-regime Belarus media and Telegram channels reframe political prisoners as extremists

Pro-regime Telegram channels actively condemned both

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

Info attack targeting Lithuania bears hallmarks of Operation Ghostwriter

The coordinated information attack attempted to

Fri, Jun 11, 2021

Investigation reveals link between Flávio Bolsonaro advisor and 2020 Facebook takedown

Accounts removed in July 2020 were

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Violent religious-nationalist cult targets India’s minorities on Facebook

Hindu Janjagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha

Fri, Jun 4, 2021

حسابات وهمية تروج للمصالح الروسية في السودان

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Yevgeny Prighozin.

Thu, Jun 3, 2021

Inauthentic Facebook assets promoted Russian interests in Sudan

Network with links to Russia’s Internet Research Agency promoted oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian naval presence in Sudan

by Tessa Knight

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Thu, Jun 3, 2021

Muted media coverage and fake debunkings as Brazilians protest Bolsonaro’s COVID response

As thousands called for Bolsonaro’s impeachment,