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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

Mon, Jan 25, 2021

Explosions south of Baghdad likely sabotage, not airstrikes

Amid claims of U.S. and Israeli

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

Op-Ed: Fighting conspiracy theories with empathy and compassion

Now is the time to bring

Elections Social Media

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

Kremlin media’s weak online response to Navalny’s return to Russia

Kremlin-controlled media struggles to garner significant

Social Media

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

U.S. Capitol attack exploited in China to attack Hong Kong democracy movement

State-controlled media exploited the attack to

Hong Kong Social Media

Tue, Jan 12, 2021

Facebook removes assets connected to Brazilian marketing firms

Two separate companies managed networks with

Tue, Jan 12, 2021

Facebook removes inauthentic assets using AI-generated faces in Argentina

Network used fake profiles to create fictitious personas supporting Argentina’s Kirchnerism political movement

by Daniel Suárez Pérez, Esteban Ponce de León

Argentina Social Media

Tue, Jan 12, 2021

Facebook removes network connected to Ukrainian political party and NGO

The social network took down assets

Social Media