Content

Fri, Sep 18, 2020

Pro-Lukashenka Telegram channels amplify each other to smear protesters

Telegram channels cross-pollinate narratives that attack

Government Social Media

Wed, Sep 16, 2020

Inauthentic accounts fuel Oregon wildfire arson rumors

Fake social media profiles and doctored

Social Media

Wed, Sep 16, 2020

South African Twitter users misattributed as fake Chinese accounts

A Twitter thread incorrectly identified South

Social Media

Mon, Sep 14, 2020

Belarus state media botch reporting on a botched abduction

How Lukashenka’s media apparatus mishandled a

Social Media Telegram

Mon, Sep 14, 2020

Georgia’s pro-Russian party provokes ethnic and religious tensions ahead of parliamentary elections

The Alliance of Patriots installed anti-Turkish billboards in the streets of Georgia while launching anti-Turkish ads on Facebook

Elections Georgia

Fri, Sep 11, 2020

Anonymous pro-government Twitter accounts deny allegations of a crisis in Zimbabwe

Accounts amplified narratives that the U.S.

Social Media Zimbabwe

Wed, Sep 9, 2020

Incorrect footage exaggerates size of pro-Lukashenka protest in Vilnius

While reporting on a pro-Lukashenka gathering

Lithuania

Tue, Sep 8, 2020

Kremlin commentators smear Belarus opposition leaders

Online ecosystem of pro-Kremlin sources amplified

Social Media

Tue, Sep 8, 2020

Op-Ed: The global AI industry is intensifying mass surveillance in India

Facial recognition technology poses challenges to

Fri, Sep 4, 2020

How Manny from Diary of a Wimpy Kid galvanized political activism on TikTok

Manny Heffley became a political symbol for young TikTok users to support Black Lives Matter protests around police brutality.

by Alyssa Kann, Max Rizzuto

Social Media

Wed, Sep 2, 2020

State media English-language coverage of Belarus propagates claims of Western interference

Pro-Kremlin outlets unsuccessfully push narrative that

Elections Social Media

Tue, Sep 1, 2020

Pro-Kremlin media misrepresent Belarusian opposition’s policy platform

An “anti-Russian” national security reform agenda

Government