Platform

Tue, Aug 6, 2019

Spam Comments Flood Serbian President’s Facebook Post

Suspicious accounts attacked the Serbian President’s official Facebook page with a pro-Kosovo Army hashtag

Kosovo Serbia

Wed, Jul 31, 2019

Libyan Hashtag Campaign Has Broader Designs: Trolling Qatar

Organized Twitter campaign supporting Haftar advocated the regional political interests of the UAE

by Andy Carvin, Mohamed Kassab

Government Security

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

From Telegram to Twitter: Top Puerto Rican Officials Plotted Possible Information Operation

Leaked chat logs suggest Puerto Rican officials may have played a role in encouraging troll accounts to boost pro-government hashtags, target opponents

by Luiza Bandeira, Esteban Ponce de León

Government Social Media

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

False Promises, Clickbait, and a Not-So-Stolen Car

Elaborate social media marketing scheme drives traffic to false news story in Latvia

by Nika Aleksejeva

BalticBrief Social Media

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

A Syrian Soldier’s Life and Death on Instagram

A young man documents his military career on social media — right up until the day militants beheaded him and uploaded it to his Instagram account

by Andy Carvin

Instagram Social Media

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

How We Verified the Photos of the Dead Syrian Soldier on Instagram

A graphic photo that surfaced on Ibraheem Ahmad Barri’s Instagram account highlights the role social media platforms play in conflict zones

by Lukas Andriukaitis

Security Social Media

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

Facebook Takes Down Inauthentic Pages with Connections to Thailand

Pages removed from Facebook and Instagram pushed anti-U.S. narratives

by Iain Robertson, Kanishk Karan, Ayushman Kaul

Social Media

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

Facebook Takes Down the “Voice of Truth” in Ukraine

A small set of Facebook pages amplified divisive content related to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, and other pro-Kremlin messaging

by Roman Osadchuk, Eto Buziashvili, Michael Sheldon

Social Media

Tue, Jul 23, 2019

“Gavrilov’s Night”: Multiple Facebook Pages Target Protests in Georgia

Georgian Facebook pages spread coordinated narratives to discredit demonstrators

by Eto Buziashvili

Georgia Government

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

Crowdsourcing Violence in Kashmir, Part 1

How Burhan Wani recruited disaffected Kashmiri youth to the insurgency via social media

by Ayushman Kaul

Security Social Media

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

Crowdsourcing Violence in Kashmir, Part 2

How terror groups in the Kashmir Valley use Burhan Wani’s model to fuel a new wave of homegrown insurgents via social media

by Ayushman Kaul

Security Social Media

Mon, Jul 8, 2019

For the Kremlin, HBO’s “Chernobyl” Hits a Nerve

How — and why– the Kremlin media mobilized against HBO’s account of the 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster

by Eto Buziashvili

Government Social Media