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

Government Security

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

Government Social Media

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

by Nika Aleksejeva

Government Social Media

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

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Government Security

Fri, Mar 15, 2019

Deaths in Nuremberg Spun for Hate

Fringe media outlets spread hate speech and politicize deadly incident in Nuremberg, Germany

Government Social Media

Wed, Mar 13, 2019

#TrollTracker: Venezuelan Government-linked Influence Campaign on Twitter

State-backed influence operation promoted Maduro regime

Government Security

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

Government Social Media

Thu, Mar 7, 2019

#TrollTracker: Facebook Takes Down Fake Network in Romania

Facebook pages and group promoted Romania’s ruling party

by Daniel Weimert

Government Social Media

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Loaded Language Ads Ahead of Estonian Elections

Kremlin-owned media reporting uncommonly inconsistent about election ad campaign

Estonia Government

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

Government Security

Tue, Feb 19, 2019

#DigitalResilience: Where Is Armen Gasparyan’s Audience?

Sputnik’s political show on YouTube and Facebook engagement falls short

Government

Tue, Feb 19, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Insta-Deception Targets Ukraine

24 Instagram pages masqueraded as news aggregators in central and western Ukraine

Government Instagram