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Wed, Sep 25, 2024
Crypto-scam hosts pop-up livestream featuring a deepfaked Elon Musk
'Traveling Circus' livestream raked in $50,000 over the course of two hours by featuring a deepfake of Musk to solicit investments
by Max Rizzuto
Mon, Sep 23, 2024
How the Venezuelan regime weaponized video and messaging apps to persecute dissidents
Maduro promotes app that encourages users to report critics of the regime amid widespread demands for election transparency
Fri, Aug 30, 2024
Pro-Russia, pro-Wagner activity surges following Mali and Wagner forces’ defeat in battle
An inauthentic network of YouTube channels pushed pro-AES and anti-Ukraine narratives after the Tinzaouaten confrontation
Fri, Aug 30, 2024
TikTok accounts target West Africa with AI-generated content promoting Putin and regional leaders
TikTok accounts with thousands of followers spread pro-Russia and anti-France narratives
by Ali Chenrose
Fri, Aug 23, 2024
How AI tools fueled online conspiracy theories after Trump assassination attempt
Deepfakes, cheapfakes, and AI-fueled scams spread online following the shooting; in other instances, real footage was dismissed as fake
Mon, Aug 12, 2024
Russia uses video games in Africa to spread anti-Western propaganda
A Hearts of Iron IV mod exemplifies how video games can become propaganda tools
by Ali Chenrose
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
