Botnets
Mon, Jul 8, 2024
Spambots continue to suppress speech and enable harassment of the Chinese community on X
Networks of Chinese-language spambots risk the censoring of posts during politically sensitive events, repeating past oversights
Fri, Jul 7, 2023
Russian War Report: Russian conspiracy alleges false flag at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Allegations of a supposedly US and Ukraine-planned false flag operation on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant spread across social media ahead of the NATO Summit.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Wed, Jun 28, 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin: A history of violence and propaganda around the world
Yevgeny Prigozhin captured global attention with his mutiny in Russia; the DFRLab has tracked his efforts around the world for over half a decade.
Wed, May 18, 2022
How Russia attempts to widen its arsenal of pro-war propaganda
Kremlin seeks to maintain domestic support by marketing patriotic symbols and slogans, from the letter Z to “I am not ashamed."
Wed, Mar 23, 2022
Russian War Report: Russian Duma members falsely claim Ukraine is creating ethnicity-targeting bioweapons
Members of the Russian Duma accused Ukraine and the US of creating bioweapons and researching "regional infections aimed at Russian regions."
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
IStandWithPutin hashtag trends amid dubious amplification efforts
Over the week of February 28, 2022, the hashtag #IStandWithPutin trended in several regions, but a deeper look at the origin and amplification of the hashtag suggested this support was artificial.
by Jean le Roux
Wed, Jan 12, 2022
Twitter accounts disproportionately amplified Chilean presidential candidate hashtags
Analysis of hashtags supporting both presidential candidates shows activity highly concentrated among a small percentage of accounts.
Fri, Aug 18, 2017
Kremlin and Alt-Right Share “Nazi” Narrative
U.S. activists echo Kremlin’s argument on Ukrainian Nazis and American hypocrisy
Tue, Aug 8, 2017
#FireMcMaster, explained
How alt-right media and a handful of Twitter bots tried to get the United States National Security Advisor fired
Tue, Aug 1, 2017
German Election: Waiting For Leaks
Assessing online conversations about document dumps
by Ben Nimmo
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
Strange Bedfellows Align Against Russia Sanctions Bill
How a handful of far-right media outlets, Redditors, and Twitter accounts tried to stop the Russia sanctions legislation in the U.S.
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
Battle of the Botnets
President Trump’s fans and foes go head-to-head with Twitterbots
by Ben Nimmo
