Social Media
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.
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
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
Op-Ed: Fighting conspiracy theories with empathy and compassion
Now is the time to bring
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
Kremlin media’s weak online response to Navalny’s return to Russia
Kremlin-controlled media struggles to garner significant
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
U.S. Capitol attack exploited in China to attack Hong Kong democracy movement
State-controlled media exploited the attack to
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
Tue, Jan 12, 2021
Facebook removes network connected to Ukrainian political party and NGO
The social network took down assets
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
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
Social media disinformation campaign targets Ugandan presidential election
Facebook takes down pro-government network after investigation inspired by DFRLab research; Twitter also removes suspicious accounts.
by Tessa Knight
Fri, Jan 8, 2021
Fringe influencers exploit COVID-19 disinfo for political gain in Latvia
One influencer mobilized an anti-government protest in Riga while several fringe political figures peddled COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
UK-based far-right Telegram channels amplified disinfo targeting U.S. election integrity
The flourishing domestic demand for disinformation
Wed, Dec 16, 2020
How Venezuelans use Twitter to protest the ongoing humanitarian crisis
Opposition leaders were among the most
