Government
Wed, Nov 20, 2019
Sorting fact from fiction about the crisis in Bolivia
Amid Bolivia’s political unrest, coup and electoral fraud accusations spread on social media
Tue, Nov 19, 2019
Trudeaus and Trudeaunts — memes have an impact during Canadian elections
Memes on Pinterest gamify polarization in Canadian elections
Wed, Nov 13, 2019
Secondary Infektion redux? Suspected Russian intelligence operation targets Greenland
The operation employed the same strategy an earlier suspected Russian disinformation operation
Fri, Nov 8, 2019
The Kremlin augments its digital tools for cracking down on protesters
The Kremlin is perfecting digital tools against citizens who dare to protest the government
Fri, Nov 8, 2019
Venezuelan “chavista” accounts take an interest in Chilean protests
Pro-Maduro accounts are tweeting about the Chilean protests, but there is no evidence of a state-backed information operation
Fri, Nov 1, 2019
Suspicious Twitter accounts boosted Taliban hashtag prior to Afghan election
The hashtag, promoting Taliban activity, may have been amplified to thwart voters and to assert Taliban control of Afghanistan
by Alyssa Kann
Tue, Oct 29, 2019
Pro-Kremlin sources target the BBC for report on murdered Chechen commander
Russian officials, news sites, and social network users accused the BBC of glorifying Zelimkhan Khangoshvili
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Misleading homophobic memes target former Estonian president
Memes on Russian fringe sites and a pro-Kremlin outlet disparaged Estonia and the West
Mon, Oct 21, 2019
Grybauskaitėphobia: Kremlin media in Baltic states target former Lithuanian president
Sputnik, Baltnews, and Rubaltic.ru shared negative messages about Dalia Grybauskaitė’s career
Fri, Oct 11, 2019
Sorting fact from fiction in Tunisia’s presidential election
As Tunisia approaches its presidential runoff, truth and lies are hard to separate in the country’s information space
Thu, Oct 10, 2019
Facebook takes down pro-Indonesian pages targeting West Papua
Removed pages masked themselves as West Papuan pages while promoting Indonesian state interests
by Alyssa Kann
Wed, Oct 9, 2019
U.S. impeachment heats up in Ukraine and Russia
U.S., Ukrainian, and pro-Kremlin Russian outlets all covered the phone call from differing angles
