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A Palestinian stands on a house that was destroyed in an Israeli air strike during the fighting between Israel and Hamas in May 2021, in the northern Gaza Strip on June 29, 2021. (Source: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

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.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

COVID-19 Iran

Thu, Dec 17, 2020

UK-based far-right Telegram channels amplified disinfo targeting U.S. election integrity

The flourishing domestic demand for disinformation

Elections Social Media

Wed, Nov 18, 2020

Belarusian activist Telegram channels are losing their audience

Telegram users increasingly seeking independent news

Elections Government

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

Belarus anti-Lukashenka media falls into confirmation bias traps

NEXTA Live and TUT.by shared unverified

Social Media Telegram

Mon, Oct 19, 2020

Belarus Interior Ministry exaggerates protester violence to justify excessive force

Two months after contested election, law

Social Media Telegram

Fri, Sep 18, 2020

Pro-Lukashenka Telegram channels amplify each other to smear protesters

Telegram channels cross-pollinate narratives that attack

Government Social Media

Mon, Sep 14, 2020

Belarus state media botch reporting on a botched abduction

How Lukashenka’s media apparatus mishandled a

Social Media Telegram

Tue, Sep 1, 2020

Pro-Lukashenka Telegram channels amplify disinformation

Telegram channels deploy anti-protester narratives to

Social Media Telegram

Tue, Sep 1, 2020

How pro-Kremlin Telegram channels influence Ukrainian parliamentary decisions

MPs from the largest parliamentary faction

Social Media Telegram

Thu, Aug 20, 2020

Activists use Telegram to coordinate Belarus protests

How protesters openly coordinate peaceful rallies

Social Media Telegram

Tue, Aug 18, 2020

Belarus election: open-source election reports raise questions about official results

One local official recorded allegedly discussing

Social Media Telegram

Thu, Jul 2, 2020

New York City’s open-source “cop watch”

How a group of civilian volunteers monitor police activity using open-source methods.

by Max Rizzuto

Human Rights Internet