Mon, Dec 2, 2019

Ukrainian media jump the gun on Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

Anonymous Telegram channels were the source of unsubstantiated reports of the supposed exchange

Tue, Nov 26, 2019

Amid the crisis in Bolivia, a Twitter flood of coup denial, bot accusations, and memes

Over 1,400 accounts reposted narratives that denounced Evo Morales as illegitimate and denied a coup had occurred in Bolivia

by Alyssa Kann

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

Breaking down Sputnik’s Facebook audiences in the Baltic states

While the local audience remained modest, Sputnik still managed to engage a small segment of Baltic users via Facebook

Wed, Nov 20, 2019

Cyber-attack knocks out Georgian websites, comes with a surprise

Over 2,000 Georgian government, nonprofit, and private websites hit with malicious code

Tue, Nov 19, 2019

Trudeaus and Trudeaunts — memes have an impact during Canadian elections

Memes on Pinterest gamify polarization in Canadian elections

Mon, Nov 18, 2019

Sockpuppet accounts impersonate India’s space agency chief

Accounts appeared amid increased public attention to the space agency following an unsuccessful attempt at a lunar landing

Wed, Nov 13, 2019

Secondary Infektion redux? Suspected Russian intelligence operation targets Greenland

The operation employed the same strategy an earlier suspected Russian disinformation operation

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

Wed, Nov 6, 2019

Is this granny a bot? The challenges of detecting automation

A Brazilian account that mixes bot-like and human-like features illustrates the difficulty in determining whether an account is automated

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