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Wed, Mar 25, 2020
South Africa-based Facebook groups stoked coronavirus fears to sell face masks
Facebook groups created by a South African marketing company became breeding grounds for COVID-19 conspiracies and fearmongering
Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Venezuelan fringe websites impersonate media outlets on Facebook
Facebook assets impersonating CNN en Español and NTN24 promoted content created by two external websites
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
Inauthentic YouTube channels spam partisan content from fringe sites
The channels showed spam-like behavior while posting pro-Trump and anti-Democrat clickbait in the United States
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
Pro-right Italian media target African immigrants over coronavirus
As COVID-19 overwhelms Italy, nationalist media outlets see opportunity to fuel anti-immigrant sentiment
Mon, Mar 16, 2020
Right-wing Facebook pages fuel communal tensions in India
Three pages capitalized on cases of sexual violence to deepen Hindu-Muslim divide
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Operation Copy/Paste: Twitter network artificially amplified anti-Guaidó hashtags
Accounts used random text, including Wikipedia entries and song lyrics, to post anti-Guaidó hashtags on Twitter, in a likely attempt to avoid detection
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
Suspicious third-party apps monetize fake engagement on TikTok
An industry of apps that offer likes and follows on TikTok is operating in the Google Play Store, but they come with a price
Thu, Mar 5, 2020
Tracking narratives around James Le Mesurier and the White Helmets
How conspiracies resurfaced and shifted after Le Mesurier’s death
Thu, Mar 5, 2020
Conspiracy theorist gets thousands of YouTube views spreading coronavirus rumors
UFO-obsessed Youtuber continued to publish misleading videos that targeted Latin America even after conspiracies were debunked
Mon, Mar 2, 2020
Facebook shuts down Egyptian disinformation network, bans two marketing companies
Facebook removed more than 1,700 assets linked to Egyptian digital marketing firms targeting audiences in Middle East and North Africa
Wed, Feb 26, 2020
Anonymous Ukrainian Telegram channels serve as gateways to fringe media
Allegations against former Ukrainian MP on anonymous Telegram channels made way to fringe media and other MPs’ Telegram channels
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
Anonymous pro-Russian Telegram channels target protests in Belarus
Amid ongoing economic integration talks between Russia and Belarus, eight channels attacked opponents of integration and spread pro-Kremlin narratives
