Organization - Actor

Mon, Aug 27, 2018

#TrollTracker: Iran’s Suspected Information Operation

Assessing the main pages and accounts traced to Tehran by FireEye

Government Security

Fri, Aug 24, 2018

#ElectionWatch: RT’s One-Sided Coverage of Midterms

Assessing partisan bias in the Kremlin broadcaster’s reporting

Government Social Media

Tue, Aug 21, 2018

#BalticBrief: Kremlin Pivots to Video in the Baltics

How Sputnik tried to use short video stories to drive traffic to its Baltic Facebook pages

BalticBrief Government

Fri, Aug 17, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Bots Around Brazil’s First Presidential Debate

Low impact of bots and fake data, but at least one “fake” article among the top stories

Government Social Media

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

#TrollTracker: Russian Traces in Facebook Takedown

Part Three — How the trolls tried to cover their tracks

Government Social Media

Wed, Aug 15, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Loves For Sale In Brazil

Exposing a Brazilian network which trades clicks forcash

Government Social Media

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

Government

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

Government Security

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

Government Security

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

Botspot Government

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

Government Social Media

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

BalticBrief Government