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Tue, Aug 6, 2024
Hezbollah videos document usage of drones and weapons systems
Recent Hezbollah propaganda videos show surveillance drones monitoring sensitive Israeli sites, use of anti-tank guided missiles
Tue, Aug 6, 2024
Pro-Russian Facebook pages spread anti-French, anti-UN content in West Africa
Network of inauthentic pro-Russian pages spread false claims targeting elections, France, and the UN peacekeeping mission in CAR
Thu, Aug 1, 2024
Russia-linked operations target Paris 2024 Olympics
Cross-platform efforts denigrated France's handling of the games and fomented fear of a potential terrorist attack
Thu, Aug 1, 2024
China deployed anti-US narratives in chaos following Trump assassination attempt
Chinese messaging on state media and social media worked to position itself at a volatile moment in domestic US politics
Wed, Jul 31, 2024
Lessons learned from South Africa’s 2024 elections
Independent media and civil society worked overtime to mitigate the spread of disinformation, while generative AI played only a limited role
Tue, Jul 30, 2024
Inauthentic Chinese X accounts amplifying Trump shooting and Biden withdrawal conspiracy theories
Spreading false and misleading anti-US narratives, the network highly resembles operation known as Spamouflage Dragon
Mon, Jul 29, 2024
Fringe YouTube channels promote pro-Kremlin narratives in Africa
Channels attracted millions of views and hundreds of thousands of subscribers by using anti-Western content directed at African audiences
Thu, Jul 18, 2024
How Russian propagandists spun the Trump assassination attempt
Conspiracy theories, alarmism, and early attempts to link the shooting with Ukraine
by Emerson T. Brooking, Eto Buziashvili, Andy Carvin, Ruslan Trad
Wed, Jul 17, 2024
The sovereignty trap
How the promise of sovereign AI obscures its pitfalls
by Konstantinos Komaitis, Esteban Ponce de León, Kenton Thibaut, Trisha Ray, Kevin Klyman
Tue, Jul 16, 2024
Fake Cameroonian news sites spread pro-Russia, anti-France content
Fake Cameroonian outlets disseminated AI-generated voiceovers across Facebook and other social media platforms
Wed, Jul 10, 2024
Anti-Ukraine narratives spread following Kyiv children’s hospital attack
Narratives blamed Ukraine for the incident, accusing it of targeting itself or deploying air defense systems ineptly
by Ruslan Trad
Tue, Jul 9, 2024
How Kenya’s tax bill protests spread online
After the bill's withdrawal, online conversations continued to call for President Ruto's resignation