Platform

Mon, Jun 4, 2018

#BotSpot: Sex And Sensibility

A horde of Jane Austen-quoting bots leads to Russian porn sites

Botspot Social Media

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”

Security Social Media

Sun, Apr 8, 2018

#TrollTracker: Twitter Trolls, Google Voices

How banned Americans use Google Voice to get back on Twitter

Google Social Media

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

Government Security

Tue, Apr 3, 2018

#TrollTracker: David Jewberg, A Bellingcat Investigation

The curious case of David Jewberg, the fake senior Pentagon Russiaanalyst

Government Social Media

Mon, Apr 2, 2018

#TrollTracker: Kremlin Supporters Strike Back

Pro-Kremlin Twitter users dismiss, distort, distract, and dismay

Government Social Media

Thu, Mar 29, 2018

#BotSpot: Obituary of a Botnet

Accounts are created, post thousands of time, and disappear

Botspot Social Media

Wed, Mar 14, 2018

Ofcom And RT: The Background

Reviewing the Kremlin’s TV station and Britain’s TV regulator

Government Social Media

Wed, Mar 14, 2018

#PutinAtWar: Russia’s Troll Diplomacy

Russian embassies mock Britain’s response to poisoning

Security Social Media

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

Government Social Media

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

Government Social Media

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

Social Media