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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wed, Jul 3, 2019
Real Users Inadvertently Boost Bot Campaign Against Glenn Greenwald in Brazil
In criticizing a trending hashtag targeting the journalist, his supporters unintentionally amplified a bot-fueled Twitter campaign
by Luiza Bandeira
Tue, Jul 2, 2019
Archimedes Ran Politically Charged Facebook Ads in Crisis-Torn Honduras
Israeli firm’s operation, now disrupted by Facebook, supported government and attacked the opposition
by Luiza Bandeira
