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Protesters marching against the conflict in Tigray hold placards with the hashtag #TigrayGenocide in New York City on March 25, 2021. (Source: Reuters/John Lamparski/SIPA USA)

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Ethiopian diaspora groups organize click-to-tweet Tigray campaigns amid information scarcity

Social media campaigns promoted pro-government and anti-conflict narratives to capture attention from an international audience.

by Tessa Knight

Africa Conflict

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Pro-Kremlin actors amplify misleading narratives to fuel escalation in Eastern Ukraine

To justify Russian force buildup, pro-Kremlin

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

Russia-linked alt news sources promote pro-Russian narratives about Ukraine and NATO

Alternative news sites, some with connections

Wed, Apr 14, 2021

Facebook removes inauthentic network targeting Mexican state elections in Quintana Roo

Inauthentic assets focused on domestic audiences

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

Anti-NATO COVID narratives from 2020 come back to haunt Defender 21 exercise

Narratives critical of the exercise rehash

Fri, Apr 9, 2021

Tracking the Russian military buildup near Ukraine

Online videos and satellite imagery show

Wed, Apr 7, 2021

Anatomy of a Twitter-augmented crypto scam

High follower accounts leveraged to amplify

Tue, Apr 6, 2021

DFRLab investigation leads to Facebook takedown of assets affiliated with Georgian March party

Assets linked to Georgian far-right and

Mon, Apr 5, 2021

Putin anecdote prompts pro-Kremlin media blitz about Latvian COVID-19 response

Pro-Kremlin media provided simultaneous coverage after

Fri, Apr 2, 2021

Cyber-enabled information operation targets Poland with radiological leak hoax

Malicious actors carried out operation after

Wed, Mar 31, 2021

Multiple actors attack Ukrainian COVID-19 vaccination efforts

Fringe media, pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, and

Left: Prigozhin impersonator photographed in front of the Lithuanian National Museum, one of several images of the impersonator distributed by Russian media. Right: file photo of Evgeny Prighozin at the Kremlin, July 4, 2017. (Sources: Delovaya Gazeta and REUTERS/Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool)

Wed, Mar 31, 2021

Russian media targeted Lithuania using Yevgeny Prigozhin impersonator

Russian outlets promoted photos of body double alleging Prigozhin visited Lithuania in 2020 despite EU sanctions.

by Eto Buziashvili, Lukas Andriukaitis