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Fri, Nov 5, 2021
Multi-platform troll farm linked to Nicaraguan government
Inauthentic network targeted domestic audiences in the lead-up to Nicaragua’s November 2021 general election
by Daniel Suárez Pérez, Esteban Ponce de León, Luiza Bandeira
Tue, Sep 21, 2021
Navalny’s “Smart Voting” election campaign undermined by fake apps and Telegram channels
Apps and Telegram channels impersonated their pro-Navalny counterparts, potentially redirecting voters away from strategic voting advice
Fri, Jul 23, 2021
Online calls for attacks against Georgia’s LGBTQ community result in offline violence
Anti-LGBTQ, pro-Kremlin groups, and representatives of the Orthodox Church mobilized people online for violence in real life
Thu, Jul 1, 2021
Iranian accounts promote anti-Israel hashtags in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war
The campaign, promoted on Telegram, is linked to an Iranian conspiracy theorist previously suspended from Twitter.
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
UK-based far-right Telegram channels amplified disinfo targeting U.S. election integrity
The flourishing domestic demand for disinformation
Wed, Nov 18, 2020
Belarusian activist Telegram channels are losing their audience
Telegram users increasingly seeking independent news
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Belarus anti-Lukashenka media falls into confirmation bias traps
NEXTA Live and TUT.by shared unverified
Mon, Oct 19, 2020
Belarus Interior Ministry exaggerates protester violence to justify excessive force
Two months after contested election, law
Fri, Sep 18, 2020
Pro-Lukashenka Telegram channels amplify each other to smear protesters
Telegram channels cross-pollinate narratives that attack
Mon, Sep 14, 2020
Belarus state media botch reporting on a botched abduction
How Lukashenka’s media apparatus mishandled a
Tue, Sep 1, 2020
Pro-Lukashenka Telegram channels amplify disinformation
Telegram channels deploy anti-protester narratives to
Tue, Sep 1, 2020
How pro-Kremlin Telegram channels influence Ukrainian parliamentary decisions
MPs from the largest parliamentary faction
