Conflict
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
Twitter’s Ethiopian interventions may not have worked
Twitter’s decision to deactivate trending topics in Ethiopia did not reduce the volume or toxicity of tweets about the civil war.
by Tessa Knight
Fri, Dec 17, 2021
Influential Ethiopian social media accounts stoke violence along ethnic lines
Proliferation of hate speech on social media has the capacity to cause real-world harm amidst an increasingly violent civil war.
by Tessa Knight
Fri, Dec 17, 2021
Russia continues to expand military presence near Ukraine border
Satellite imagery and open-source evidence reveals ongoing Russian buildup along their border with Ukrain
Thu, Oct 28, 2021
Sudanese Facebook network promoting paramilitary group removed month before coup
Inauthentic FB assets linked to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces operated for years; some admins based in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
by Tessa Knight
Fri, Apr 23, 2021
Ethiopian diaspora groups organize click-to-tweet Tigray campaigns amid information scarcity
Social media campaigns promoted pro-government and anti-conflict narratives to capture attention from an international audience.
by Tessa Knight
Fri, Oct 9, 2020
Verifying Azerbaijan’s use of cluster munitions in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
Videos online showed use of munitions in civilian areas of Stepanakert
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
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.
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
Wed, Aug 16, 2017
Same Donetsk Chemical Factory, Different Fire
Incident-prone factory continues to pose environmental and health hazards in the Donbas
Wed, Aug 16, 2017
Choo-Chooshka? New Russian Railway and Military Movement on the Ukrainian Border
Open source evidence suggests the potential for a buildup of forces
Fri, Aug 11, 2017
Still Jostling for Javelins
How anti-tank weapons are shaping the conflict in the Donbas
