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Thu, Dec 7, 2023
Russian and Azerbaijani pro-government outlets exploit Georgian USAID narratives
Outlets exploited Georgian government claims to push narratives blaming the US for organizing civil unrest in Georgia and running spies in Azerbaijan
Wed, Dec 6, 2023
Learning more about platforms from the first Digital Services Act transparency disclosures
An analysis of platform reporting on content moderation teams' language skills
Tue, Dec 5, 2023
Indian Twitter accounts exploit Mideast conflict to attack journalist
Accounts potentially coordinated to portray journalist Barkha Dutt as a security threat to Israel and urged action against her
by Ali Chenrose
Mon, Dec 4, 2023
Egyptian social media reacts to calls for evacuating Gaza residents into Sinai
Narratives calling for displacement of Gaza Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula met with rejection in Egyptian social media
by Dina Sadek
Thu, Nov 30, 2023
The Kremlin and its proxies attempted to deflect the “spy antennas” scandal in Moldova
Pro-Russian entities attempted to divert attention away from the growing volume of potential intel-gathering equipment on its embassy roof
Tue, Nov 28, 2023
Pro-Kremlin actors amplify video to target multinational military exercises in Moldova
A video featuring a local Moldovan farmer accosting military personnel participating in multinational exercise was used as a pretext to attack the West
Mon, Nov 20, 2023
Nontransparent network of pro-opposition Polish Facebook pages coordinates its attacks
Network pushed similar or identical pro-opposition and anti-ruling party content, often in a way by which their coordination, authenticity, and provenance was obscured
Thu, Nov 2, 2023
Accounts on Facebook, TikTok spread ISIS call for violence against Jewish targets
Accounts openly shared publication advocating offline violence, which continues to circulate on both platforms
by Ali Chenrose
Mon, Oct 23, 2023
Suspicious media targeted Guatemala’s elected president
At least seventeen media outlets that concentrated their operations on Facebook targeted campaign of lead candidate and electoral institutions ahead of the runoff election
Thu, Oct 19, 2023
Russian War Report: Ukraine inflicts heavy damage on Russian positions
Ukraine used US-provided ATACMS missiles to strike two Russian-occupied airfields in Zaporizhzhia oblast and Luhansk.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Wed, Oct 18, 2023
Network of South Asian Twitter accounts spreading Israel-Palestine war disinformation
Accounts exhibiting signs of coordination amplify divisive copypasta targeting both sides of the conflict
by Ali Chenrose
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
In Israel-Hamas conflict, social media become tools of propaganda and disinformation
An endless flood of false, misleading, and unverified information risks inflaming the conflict.
