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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
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
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
Mon, Jan 7, 2019
#BreakingSyria: Reconstruction Starts with Statues in Deir ez-Zor
Regime rebuilding begins with statues, as opposed to infrastructure, in Syria’s east
Fri, Sep 7, 2018
Breaking Ghouta
This report offers a record of serial violations of international norms and a basis for holding the perpetrators accountable for their atrocities.
by Lukas Andriukaitis, Emma Beals, Graham Brookie, Eliot Higgins, Faysal Itani, Ben Nimmo, Michael Sheldon, Elizabeth Tsurkov, Nick Waters
Thu, May 17, 2018
#MinskMonitor: Ukraine Takes Control of Village Near Horlivka
Capture of Chyhyri highlights recent Ukrainian offensive
Tue, Oct 31, 2017
#HistoryRevisited: Monumental Controversy in Russia
A brief look into how Russia is using statues to set their historical narrative