Content

Wed, Jul 8, 2020

Facebook takes down inauthentic assets targeting multiple Latin American elections

Inauthentic assets posed as independent news

Argentina Elections

Wed, Jul 8, 2020

How the Kremlin asserted plausible deniability in Zelimkhan Khangoshvili’s murder

In the face of mounting evidence

Georgia Social Media

Fri, Jul 3, 2020

Afrophobic South African Twitter account connected to nationalist political party

The widely followed account displayed Afrophobic

Government Social Media

Thu, Jul 2, 2020

#DFRLabCoffeeBreak with Věra Jourová

European Commission Vice-President for Values and

Europe Government

Thu, Jul 2, 2020

New York City’s open-source “cop watch”

How a group of civilian volunteers monitor police activity using open-source methods.

by Max Rizzuto

Human Rights Internet

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

Pro-Kremlin news outlet promotes homophobia with controversial video

Video ignited heated debate in online

Social Media

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

Cuba-linked Twitter activity trends in Venezuela

In the wake of COVID-19, Cuba-linked

Social Media

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

The growing scene of Lithuanian conspiracy groups on Facebook

In the wake of COVID-19, several

Lithuania Social Media

Fri, Jun 26, 2020

African COVID-19 conspiracy theories reignite hostile narratives against World Health Organization

False claims accuse WHO of attempting

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

Inauthentic Facebook pages target North Macedonia

Coordinated and inauthentic subsets of Facebook

Social Media

Wed, Jun 24, 2020

Cyber-enabled disinformation campaign targeted U.S.-Poland alliance

Polish authorities point finger at Russia

Security

Tue, Jun 23, 2020

Hearts and minds: misinformation, polarization, and resistance to fact-checking

Why combating misinfo effectively requires addressing