Politics & Diplomacy
Thu, Dec 7, 2023
Deceptive marketing ads used fake images of Polish politician
Digitally altered photos deployed as clickbait in Facebook ads drew users to promotional campaign for sketchy cryptocurrency operation
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
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
Pro-government Twitter accounts targeted head of Egyptian Engineers Syndicate
Suspicious accounts used duplicated content to attack syndicate head Tarek el-Nabarawy
Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Quiet part out loud: Rules of the internet and the 2023 Internet Governance Forum
A breakdown of the 2023 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the competing factions vying for the future rules of the internet.
Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Kremlin propagandists fuel anti-government sentiment in Armenia
Russian media and influencers blame Armenian prime minister and the West for the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh while encouraging anti-government protests
Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Russian War Report: Civilian cafe attacked and a fake Ukrainian news site is exposed
A suspicious website impersonating a Ukrainian news agency accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian leadership of corruption and misusing aid provided by the United States.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Wed, Oct 4, 2023
How selective Russian targeting effectively blockaded Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports
Evidence from the Odesa region shows retaliatory Russian strikes destroyed harbor infrastructure, silos, and industrial farms
Thu, Sep 21, 2023
Russian War Report: Black Sea military operations approach NATO countries’ waters
Plus, Zelenskyy expresses frustration at the UN, Russia seems unlikely to block YouTube, and the US drops new sanctions.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
