Mon, Sep 14, 2020

Georgia’s pro-Russian party provokes ethnic and religious tensions ahead of parliamentary elections

The Alliance of Patriots installed anti-Turkish billboards in the streets of Georgia while launching anti-Turkish ads on Facebook

Tue, Sep 1, 2020

Pro-Kremlin media misrepresent Belarusian opposition’s policy platform

An “anti-Russian” national security reform agenda

Fri, Jul 3, 2020

Afrophobic South African Twitter account connected to nationalist political party

The widely followed account displayed Afrophobic

Thu, Jul 2, 2020

#DFRLabCoffeeBreak with Věra Jourová

European Commission Vice-President for Values and

Mon, Jun 1, 2020

Popular hashtag hidden from TikTok during anti-police protests in the United States

Video platform TikTok appeared to restrict

by Alyssa Kann

Tue, May 5, 2020

Inauthentic Facebook network shut down in Georgia

Assets were linked to Georgia Dream-affiliated

Thu, Apr 9, 2020

Op-ed: Democracy, technology, and the new coronavirus

COVID-19 has the potential to be

Mon, Apr 6, 2020

Media outlets highlight Mexican president’s inadequate COVID-19 response

Criticism falls on President López Obrador

Wed, Mar 18, 2020

Clashing narratives about constitutional amendments in Russia

Pro-Kremlin and Western Russian-language outlets diverged as public opinion became polarized

Mon, Mar 16, 2020

Right-wing Facebook pages fuel communal tensions in India

Three pages capitalized on cases of sexual violence to deepen Hindu-Muslim divide

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

Operation Copy/Paste: Twitter network artificially amplified anti-Guaidó hashtags

Accounts used random text, including Wikipedia entries and song lyrics, to post anti-Guaidó hashtags on Twitter, in a likely attempt to avoid detection

Fri, Mar 6, 2020

Rumors of a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela grow

Blogs and YouTube videos spread the rumor that Juan Guaidó gave the United States permission to intervene militarily in Venezuela