Government
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
Maduro Repeats Twitter Hoax About U.S. Aid in Televised Speech
Regime leader repeated the false claim after pro-Maduro Twitter accounts spread forged screenshots about United States aid to Venezuela
Wed, Mar 20, 2019
Surging Saudi Reviews Hit Apps
Inauthentic spike in user ratings hit after Saudi app criticized for user surveillance
by Kanishk Karan
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
#BalticBrief: Pro-Kremlin Media Weaponize Tucker Carlson Claim
Pro-Kremlin media uses U.S. media bias to suggest a broader lack of U.S. commitment to NATO
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
Venezuelan Pro-Regime Accounts Publish Personal Data of Phishing Victims
Phishing attack on website run by Venezuelan opposition exposed data of hundreds of sympathizers of Juan Guaidó, jeopardizing the victims’ safety
Fri, Mar 15, 2019
Deaths in Nuremberg Spun for Hate
Fringe media outlets spread hate speech and politicize deadly incident in Nuremberg, Germany
Wed, Mar 13, 2019
#TrollTracker: Venezuelan Government-linked Influence Campaign on Twitter
State-backed influence operation promoted Maduro regime
Thu, Mar 7, 2019
#TrollTracker: Facebook Takes Down Fake Network in the United Kingdom
Pages targeted far-right users then posted pro-Islam, pro-Pakistan messages
Thu, Mar 7, 2019
#TrollTracker: Facebook Takes Down Fake Network in Romania
Facebook pages and group promoted Romania’s ruling party
by Daniel Weimert
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
#ElectionWatch: Loaded Language Ads Ahead of Estonian Elections
Kremlin-owned media reporting uncommonly inconsistent about election ad campaign
Mon, Feb 25, 2019
#TrollTracker: Spam Attack on Secretary Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State’s Instagram account subjected to a coordinated Iran-related spam attack
Tue, Feb 19, 2019
#DigitalResilience: Where Is Armen Gasparyan’s Audience?
Sputnik’s political show on YouTube and Facebook engagement falls short
Tue, Feb 19, 2019
#ElectionWatch: Insta-Deception Targets Ukraine
24 Instagram pages masqueraded as news aggregators in central and western Ukraine