Government
Tue, Jan 14, 2020
Network of pro-Maduro Twitter accounts pushed anti-Guaidó hashtags
Over 100 accounts targeted Juan Guaidó following the January 5 elections in Venezuela
Thu, Jan 9, 2020
Nontraditional media outlets target former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
News aggregators and YouTube were favorite vectors to attack Poroshenko ahead of July 2019 election
Thu, Jan 9, 2020
Nontraditional media outlets grabbed Ukrainians’ attention prior to elections
YouTube, news aggregators grow in popularity as sources of political news
Mon, Dec 16, 2019
Visual forensics corroborate reports of Iran’s lethal crackdown on protests
Open-source evidence documented Iranian government’s use of military-grade weapons and communications blockade
Mon, Dec 16, 2019
Chaos and panic lead to misinformation after Colombia’s national strike
While the protests in Colombia were mainly peaceful, xenophobic videos and social media narratives stoked potential vigilantism
Mon, Dec 16, 2019
Georgia’s pro-democracy protests larger than reported
Fringe Facebook pages, pro-Kremlin outlets, and Georgian officials underestimated the size of the demonstrations
Tue, Dec 10, 2019
Lingering Infektion: Latvian operation mimicked Secondary Infektion tactics
Faked documents pushed on fringe websites and social media, similar to operation uncovered in June 2019
Mon, Dec 9, 2019
Far-right hooligans from Ukraine at the Hong Kong protests
Prolific hooligans crashed Hong Kong pro-democracy protests just to flex on the gram
Wed, Dec 4, 2019
Killer content: disinformation campaign derails Pakistan’s national anti-polio drive
Misleading videos online provoked mass hysteria and attacks on health workers
Mon, Dec 2, 2019
Repatriation of Maria Butina inspires more anti-American propaganda
Although Butina pleaded guilty to acting as Russian agent, pro-Kremlin outlets doubled down on disinformation about her arrest and prosecution
Tue, Nov 26, 2019
Amid the crisis in Bolivia, a Twitter flood of coup denial, bot accusations, and memes
Over 1,400 accounts reposted narratives that denounced Evo Morales as illegitimate and denied a coup had occurred in Bolivia
by Alyssa Kann
Fri, Nov 22, 2019
Backlash to controversial peace deal spun on Ukrainian and Russian media
Zelensky’s agreement to the Steinmeier Formula took both Ukrainian and Russian media bystorm
