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Members of media attend a rally in memory of Pirveli TV channel cameraman Alexander Lashkarava, a victim of violence against LGBT+ activists and journalists last Monday, in front of the Office of the Georgian Government in Tbilisi, Georgia July 11, 2021. (Source: Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze)

Fri, Jul 23, 2021

Online calls for attacks against Georgia’s LGBTQ community result in offline violence

Anti-LGBTQ, pro-Kremlin groups, and representatives of the Orthodox Church mobilized people online for violence in real life

by Sopo Gelava, Eto Buziashvili

Caucasus Civil Society
A Palestinian stands on a house that was destroyed in an Israeli air strike during the fighting between Israel and Hamas in May 2021, in the northern Gaza Strip on June 29, 2021. (Source: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Thu, Jul 1, 2021

Iranian accounts promote anti-Israel hashtags in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war

The campaign, promoted on Telegram, is linked to an Iranian conspiracy theorist previously suspended from Twitter.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

COVID-19 Iran
Yevgeny Prighozin.

Thu, Jun 3, 2021

Inauthentic Facebook assets promoted Russian interests in Sudan

Network with links to Russia’s Internet Research Agency promoted oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian naval presence in Sudan

by Tessa Knight

Democratic Transitions Facebook
Protesters marching against the conflict in Tigray hold placards with the hashtag #TigrayGenocide in New York City on March 25, 2021. (Source: Reuters/John Lamparski/SIPA USA)

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Ethiopian diaspora groups organize click-to-tweet Tigray campaigns amid information scarcity

Social media campaigns promoted pro-government and anti-conflict narratives to capture attention from an international audience.

by Tessa Knight

Africa Conflict
A man walks past a graffiti of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine in Kampala, Uganda, January 17, 2021. (Source: REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

Mon, Feb 22, 2021

Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in government-aligned social media campaign

Websites implicated in Facebook takedown that involved government employees engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior.

by Tessa Knight, Alyssa Kann

Africa Disinformation
Banner: Supporters of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement party drive around Kampala on boda bodas (motorcycles) following the announcement that Yoweri Museveni has won the sixth term as president. Uganda’s elections, on January 14, 2021, were the most tense in decades. (Photo by Sally Hayden / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect)

Wed, Feb 10, 2021

Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government

Facebook removed content engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior six days before Uganda’s presidential election.

by Tessa Knight

Africa Brigading

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

Op-Ed: Fighting conspiracy theories with empathy and compassion

Now is the time to bring

Elections Social Media

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

Kremlin media’s weak online response to Navalny’s return to Russia

Kremlin-controlled media struggles to garner significant

Social Media

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

U.S. Capitol attack exploited in China to attack Hong Kong democracy movement

State-controlled media exploited the attack to

Hong Kong Social Media

Tue, Jan 12, 2021

Facebook removes inauthentic assets using AI-generated faces in Argentina

Network used fake profiles to create fictitious personas supporting Argentina’s Kirchnerism political movement

by Daniel Suárez Pérez, Esteban Ponce de León

Argentina Social Media

Tue, Jan 12, 2021

Facebook removes network connected to Ukrainian political party and NGO

The social network took down assets

Social Media

Tue, Jan 12, 2021

Facebook removes assets connected to Ukrainian NGO

Assets linked to Anti-Corruption Block Post, an NGO that accused various public officials of corruption

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