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Fri, Feb 19, 2021

Pro-govt actors amplify hashtags calling for violence against protesting farmers in India

State-affiliated media outlets, BJP party members,

Wed, Feb 17, 2021

Op-Ed: Why a weekend spent on Clubhouse was monumental for many Chinese users

Before China blocked access, the app

Wed, Feb 17, 2021

Kremlin media wrongly insists Sputnik V vaccine “successfully” submitted for EU approval

Kremlin-owned media did not acknowledge Russia’s

Mon, Feb 15, 2021

New report traces the history of conspiracy theories claiming COVID-19 is a bioweapon

Nine-month research collaboration by the DFRLab

Thu, Feb 11, 2021

Extremists on Telegram exploit Parler’s de-platforming to ramp up recruiting

Rebranded Proud Boys Telegram group saw

Thu, Feb 11, 2021

Op-Ed: Myanmar’s connectivity curse

How the country’s most precious commodity

Banner: Supporters of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement party drive around Kampala on boda bodas (motorcycles) following the announcement that Yoweri Museveni has won the sixth term as president. Uganda’s elections, on January 14, 2021, were the most tense in decades. (Photo by Sally Hayden / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect)

Wed, Feb 10, 2021

Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government

Facebook removed content engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior six days before Uganda’s presidential election.

by Tessa Knight

Africa Brigading

Fri, Feb 5, 2021

China revives conspiracy theory blaming U.S. for COVID-19

Influencer and state-controlled Weibo accounts push

Thu, Feb 4, 2021

Despite Sidney Powell Twitter ban, Twitter users amplify messages from Telegram

A majority of Powell Telegram channel

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

Op-Ed: De-platforming works, but it won’t cure extremism

There is a chronic infection of

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

Inauthentic Instagram accounts with synthetic faces target Navalny protests

Suspicious network employing AI-generated photos used

Wed, Jan 27, 2021

How pro-Kremlin outlets and blogs undermine trust in foreign-made COVID vaccines

Conspiracy theories about Western-made vaccines find