Content

Thu, Aug 6, 2020

Aleksander Lukashenko’s absent election campaign in Belarus

Despite increasing support for opposition candidates,

Social Media

Thu, Aug 6, 2020

Inauthentic Facebook pages rebranded to promote DRC politician

Network uncovered by DFRLab and removed

Congo Social Media

Thu, Aug 6, 2020

Facebook takes down inauthentic pro-Trump Romanian network targeting the United States

Inauthentic assets posted pro-Trump, Christian imagery,

Social Media

Tue, Aug 4, 2020

Spanish-language COVID fact-checking spun for political purposes

Audiences amplified apolitical fact-checks for their

Social Media

Fri, Jul 31, 2020

Men arrested in Belarus formerly fought for Russia in Ukraine and elsewhere

Wagner mercenaries, Ukrainian separatists among those under arrest.

by Michael J. Sheldon

Elections Security

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

Pro-Kremlin platforms go on the offensive after investigation into Russian bounties on U.S. troops

At least five narratives emerged on

Social Media

Wed, Jul 29, 2020

Propaganda for profit targets the Baltic states on YouTube

Fringe YouTube channels monetize pro-Kremlin narratives

Baltics Social Media
Getty Images/Matt Anderson

Tue, Jul 28, 2020

DFRLab Joins U.S. Election Integrity Partnership

The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is proud to join other industry leading organizations in the Election Integrity Partnership.  

Tue, Jul 28, 2020

DFRLab Joins U.S. Election Integrity Partnership

The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is proud to join other industry leading organizations in the Election Integrity Partnership.

Tue, Jul 28, 2020

Op-Ed: How Brexit tribalism has influenced attitudes toward COVID-19 in Britain

Research shows entrenched partisanship between Leavers

Social Media

Fri, Jul 24, 2020

What the Natanz explosion signaled to Iran’s disinformation apparatus

By using fictitious front groups to

Security

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

Front-line positions near Horlivka pose threat to water security in Eastern Ukraine

Fighting near the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas water

Geolocation Security