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Mon, Jun 4, 2018
#BotSpot: Sex And Sensibility
A horde of Jane Austen-quoting bots leads to Russian porn sites
Tue, Apr 10, 2018
#PutinAtWar: Far Right Converges on “False Flag” in Syria
Pro-Kremlin, pro-Assad, and far right online communities align to claim chemical weapons attack was a “false flag”
Sun, Apr 8, 2018
#TrollTracker: Twitter Trolls, Google Voices
How banned Americans use Google Voice to get back on Twitter
Fri, Apr 6, 2018
#PutinAtWar: Social Media Surge on Skripal
Two of three stories on the Skripal case shared on social media are from the Kremlin’s media outlets
Tue, Apr 3, 2018
#TrollTracker: David Jewberg, A Bellingcat Investigation
The curious case of David Jewberg, the fake senior Pentagon Russiaanalyst
Mon, Apr 2, 2018
#TrollTracker: Kremlin Supporters Strike Back
Pro-Kremlin Twitter users dismiss, distort, distract, and dismay
Thu, Mar 29, 2018
#BotSpot: Obituary of a Botnet
Accounts are created, post thousands of time, and disappear
Wed, Mar 14, 2018
Ofcom And RT: The Background
Reviewing the Kremlin’s TV station and Britain’s TV regulator
Wed, Mar 14, 2018
#PutinAtWar: Russia’s Troll Diplomacy
Russian embassies mock Britain’s response to poisoning
Mon, Mar 5, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Italy’s Far Right Attacks Right in Closing Moments
How the far-right in Italy automated messaging after the media blackout
Sat, Feb 17, 2018
Matching Mueller’s Explosive Indictment
Much of the information offered in today’s Russian indictment was previously available in open sources
Fri, Feb 16, 2018
#InfluenceForSale: YouTube and Instagram Threatened in Russia
How a scandal involving an oligarch, a politician, and an escort provider caused a social media censor