Government
Thu, Aug 16, 2018
#TrollTracker: Russian Traces in Facebook Takedown
Part Three — How the trolls tried to cover their tracks
Wed, Aug 15, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Loves For Sale In Brazil
Exposing a Brazilian network which trades clicks forcash
Sun, Aug 12, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Partisan Media Deepens Divides in Colombia
The recent election was a golden opportunity for fringe media in Colombia — an opportunity they seized
Thu, Aug 2, 2018
#TrollTracker: Russia’s Other Troll Team
Mueller points to existence of second Russian troll operation focused on activist groups and foreign policy
Tue, Jul 31, 2018
#TrollTracker: Facebook Uncovers Active Influence Operation
Preliminary analysis on accounts suspended by Facebook for inauthentic behavior surrounding politics in the United States
Mon, Jul 30, 2018
#BotSpot: Bots Join Backlash Against Islamophobic Cartoon Contest
The Dutch far-right organized an inflammatory cartoon contest involving Islamophobic material and bots joined the backlash
Wed, Jul 25, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Bots and Biased Polls in Pakistani Elections
Parties across the spectrum used automation to amplify messages ahead of the vote
Sat, Jul 21, 2018
#BalticBrief: False Story About Collapsed Mall Doesn’t Hold Up
A network of Facebook pages imitating real people shared disinformation about the collapse of shopping mall in Latvia
Fri, Jul 20, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Everyday Misinformation in Colombia
Humans, not bots, were the main vectors of misinformation
Thu, Jul 12, 2018
#PutinAtWar: No Traction for Kremlin After Amesbury
After chemical agent found in another British town, Kremlin messaging fails to gain traction online
Sat, Jun 30, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Hashtags For Cash In Mexico
Bots for hire push partisan election messages on all sides
Sat, Jun 30, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Bot Battlefield at #AMLOFest
Bot-like accounts use hashtag #AMLOFest to spread pro and anti-AMLO messages three days ahead of the election
