Platform

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

Andy Carvin named Senior Fellow at Digital Forensic Research Lab

Our team of #DigitalSherlocks isgrowing

Social Media

Tue, Feb 26, 2019

#PutinAtWar: What Goes Up Must Come Down

Video footage revealed that a Russian S-350 missile exploded soon after launch at the Kapustin Yar testing facility

Security Social Media

Mon, Feb 25, 2019

#TrollTracker: Spam Attack on Secretary Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State’s Instagram account subjected to a coordinated Iran-related spam attack

Government Security

Tue, Feb 19, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Insta-Deception Targets Ukraine

24 Instagram pages masqueraded as news aggregators in central and western Ukraine

Government Instagram

Wed, Feb 13, 2019

Meddling in a Middle East Summit

Hashtag created ahead of U.S.-led summit on Middle East coopted by Iran-related messages

Security Social Media

Mon, Feb 11, 2019

#DigitalResilience: Life of a Fake

Article based on false information spread throughout Russian-language online space

Government Social Media

Thu, Feb 7, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Macedonian Memes, American Midterms

Macedonian memes significantly decreased during 2018 U.S. midterm elections

Government Social Media

Thu, Feb 7, 2019

Made in China: Economic Influence Operations

Chinese state-controlled news outlets run overt Facebook and Twitter ads that target Americans on trade

Government Social Media

Mon, Feb 4, 2019

#InfluenceForSale: Venezuela’s Twitter Propaganda Mill

Venezuelan government benefits from coordinated hashtag propaganda

Government Security

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

#TrollTracker: Outward Influence Operation From Iran

Facebook identified a network of pages originating from Iran targeting more than a dozen countries in eight languages

by Kanishk Karan, Donara Barojan, Melissa Hall, Graham Brookie

Government Security

Fri, Jan 25, 2019

Protests Go Viral in Venezuela

Venezuelan protestors gather amid internet blocking attempts by the Maduro regime

by Jose Luis Peñarredonda

Government Security

Mon, Jan 21, 2019

Coordinated Comments in Macedonia

Comments removed — likely through spam detection — on Facebook before they gained traction

Government Social Media