Content

Fri, Apr 3, 2020

Conservative group manipulates Pelosi footage to support Trump coronavirus policies

State of the Union speech edited

Social Media

Fri, Apr 3, 2020

Bill Gates trends in South Africa after coronavirus anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory goes viral

Forged statement about Gates Foundation vaccine

Social Media

Fri, Apr 3, 2020

When accurate coronavirus info grows stale, obsolete data becomes misinformation

Social media channels and fringe outlets

Social Media

Fri, Apr 3, 2020

Suspicious accounts spread COVID-19 disinfo in Armenian Facebook groups

Amid tensions with Azerbaijan, Facebook accounts

Azerbaijan Security

Thu, Apr 2, 2020

Disinfo targeting South African Defence Force surges amid COVID-19 lockdown

South African Twitter accounts recycled old

Social Media

Thu, Apr 2, 2020

Twitter botnet targeted Turkey while politicizing coronavirus

Network traces back to anti-Turkey operation

Sun, Mar 1, 2020

Unverified narratives about virus origins spread from fringe to mainstream in U.S.

Infodemic worsens as unverified claims about

Government

Tue, Oct 1, 2019

Khmeimim hangars complete and operational

A new video revealed Russian aerial hangars on Khmeimim air base for the first time

Mon, Aug 19, 2019

How a “Political Astroturfing” App Coordinates Pro-Israel Influence Operations

Pro-Israel messages broadcast during May 4–5 Hamas terror attacks and IDF air strikes offer new insights into reach of the Act.IL app’s social media manipulation

by

Conflict Facebook

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

Kremlin Outlets Downplay the Size of the July 20 Protests in Moscow

RT put the crowd at 12,000 protesters; open-source evidence suggests it may have been more than 22,000 people

by Lukas Andriukaitis

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

A Syrian Soldier’s Life and Death on Instagram

A young man documents his military career on social media — right up until the day militants beheaded him and uploaded it to his Instagram account

by Andy Carvin

Instagram Social Media

Sun, Mar 31, 2019

From Russia: Coordinated Clickbait

Facebook removes network of pages and groups targeting general interests and politics for advertisement revenue

by Michael Sheldon, Daniel Weimert

Government Social Media