Fri, Nov 8, 2019

The Kremlin augments its digital tools for cracking down on protesters

The Kremlin is perfecting digital tools against citizens who dare to protest the government

Fri, Nov 8, 2019

Venezuelan “chavista” accounts take an interest in Chilean protests

Pro-Maduro accounts are tweeting about the Chilean protests, but there is no evidence of a state-backed information operation

Fri, Nov 1, 2019

Suspicious Twitter accounts boosted Taliban hashtag prior to Afghan election

The hashtag, promoting Taliban activity, may have been amplified to thwart voters and to assert Taliban control of Afghanistan

by Alyssa Kann

Tue, Oct 29, 2019

Pro-Kremlin sources target the BBC for report on murdered Chechen commander

Russian officials, news sites, and social network users accused the BBC of glorifying Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Misleading homophobic memes target former Estonian president

Memes on Russian fringe sites and a pro-Kremlin outlet disparaged Estonia and the West

Mon, Oct 21, 2019

Grybauskaitėphobia: Kremlin media in Baltic states target former Lithuanian president

Sputnik, Baltnews, and Rubaltic.ru shared negative messages about Dalia Grybauskaitė’s career

Fri, Oct 11, 2019

Sorting fact from fiction in Tunisia’s presidential election

As Tunisia approaches its presidential runoff, truth and lies are hard to separate in the country’s information space

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Facebook takes down pro-Indonesian pages targeting West Papua

Removed pages masked themselves as West Papuan pages while promoting Indonesian state interests

by Alyssa Kann

Wed, Oct 9, 2019

U.S. impeachment heats up in Ukraine and Russia

U.S., Ukrainian, and pro-Kremlin Russian outlets all covered the phone call from differing angles

Mon, Oct 7, 2019

Kremlin disinformation mill targets Poland

After World War II commemoration snub, the Kremlin doubled down on false narratives

Wed, Oct 2, 2019

Facebook and Twitter remove accounts connected to Spanish political party

Social platforms connected the assets to the conservative Partido Popular

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

Dueling Kashmir narratives on social media, part 2: India

Indian and Pakistani users amplified misleading content on social media in the wake of Kashmir digital blackout

by Ayushman Kaul