Online Harassment
Thu, Nov 14, 2024
Pro-Hezbollah accounts orchestrated digital smear campaign against Lebanese journalists
The X campaign sought to discredit five Lebanese media workers with edited media, gender-based violence, and threats
by Ali Chenrose, Jad Hani, Jad Safwan
Mon, Sep 23, 2024
How the Venezuelan regime weaponized video and messaging apps to persecute dissidents
Maduro promotes app that encourages users to report critics of the regime amid widespread demands for election transparency
Mon, Mar 4, 2024
Online campaign targeted Egyptian economist after his death in custody
Suspicious accounts on Facebook and X amplified state narratives about Ayman Hadhoud as human rights groups raised questions about his death
Fri, Dec 22, 2023
Pro-Saudi X accounts repeatedly harassed activist and fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Turkish activist Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, targeted with death threats and insults on the platform formerly known as Twitter
Wed, Dec 13, 2023
How foreign actors targeted Polish information environment ahead of parliamentary elections
Foreign - or seemingly foreign - actors implemented different interference actions in order to influence Polish voters or foment societal instability
Tue, Dec 5, 2023
Indian Twitter accounts exploit Mideast conflict to attack journalist
Accounts potentially coordinated to portray journalist Barkha Dutt as a security threat to Israel and urged action against her
Thu, Oct 19, 2023
Pro-government Twitter accounts targeted head of Egyptian Engineers Syndicate
Suspicious accounts used duplicated content to attack syndicate head Tarek el-Nabarawy
Tue, Sep 5, 2023
Former Jordan MP promotes anti-LGBTQ+ Twitter campaign
Escalation in anti-LGBTQ+ activity takes place as Jordan adopts draconian amendments to cybercrime law
by Dina Sadek
Thu, Aug 17, 2023
Russian War Report: Tensions escalate in the Black Sea as the Russian navy forcefully inspects a civilian cargo ship
Russia escalated tensions beyond Ukraine again this week when its navy forcibly inspected and fired warning shots at a civilian cargo ship.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Tue, Jul 11, 2023
Cross-platform kompromat campaign targets detained activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and several female Azerbaijani activists
Kompromat campaign against Azerbaijani activists disseminated on Telegram and amplified on other platforms
Fri, Jul 7, 2023
Russian War Report: Russian conspiracy alleges false flag at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Allegations of a supposedly US and Ukraine-planned false flag operation on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant spread across social media ahead of the NATO Summit.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Thu, Jul 6, 2023
Egyptian human rights defender repeatedly targeted by suspicious Twitter network
Campaign attempted to harass and discredit activist Gamal Eid