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Tue, Mar 2, 2021

Op-Ed: Government of India introduces drastic new internet rules

New rules for online intermediaries, social

Fri, Feb 26, 2021

Extremist social media influencers to gather offline for first time since Capitol attack

Far-right America First organizers are leveraging

Tue, Feb 23, 2021

Online attacks fuel hate against civil servants at the heart of Georgia-Azerbaijan border dispute

Cartographer accosted in a shopping center

Mon, Feb 22, 2021

Terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir adopt Canadian messaging app to evade Indian security services

The use of Nandbox, a messaging

A man walks past a graffiti of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine in Kampala, Uganda, January 17, 2021. (Source: REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

Mon, Feb 22, 2021

Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in government-aligned social media campaign

Websites implicated in Facebook takedown that involved government employees engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior.

by Tessa Knight, Alyssa Kann

Africa Disinformation

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