Social Media
Fri, Dec 4, 2020
Internet marketers exploit Facebook ads to rent Facebook accounts in Ukraine
Scammers and shady marketers bombarded Ukrainian
Wed, Dec 2, 2020
Georgian far-right and pro-government actors collaborate in inauthentic Facebook network
Individuals linked to ultra-nationalist political party
Wed, Nov 25, 2020
Anonymous Facebook pages intensified negative posts ahead of Georgian parliamentary elections
Pages undertook political trolling campaigns against Georgian Dream and opposition parties prior to voting on October 31
Wed, Nov 25, 2020
Church and memorial desecration in post-ceasefire Nagorno Karabakh
After the ceasefire between Azerbaijan and
Fri, Nov 20, 2020
Nigerian government-aligned Twitter network targets #EndSARS protests
Influencer and sockpuppet Twitter networks amplifying
by Jean le Roux
Wed, Nov 18, 2020
Tanzanian social media users post evidence of alleged election rigging amidst internet disruptions
Tanzanians used VPNs to upload footage
Fri, Nov 13, 2020
Suspicious Twitter accounts claiming to be Armenians from Turkey spur nationalist rhetoric
Several tweets went viral and were
Fri, Nov 13, 2020
South Africa social media users stoke racial tensions ahead of bail hearing of murder suspects
Left and right-aligned accounts posted threats
Fri, Nov 6, 2020
Facebook removes hyperlocal news pages that promoted political party members in Ukraine
The social network took down assets
Fri, Nov 6, 2020
Facebook removes inauthentic assets connected to Georgian far-right group Alt-Info
Georgian far-right group engaged in coordinated
Fri, Nov 6, 2020
Facebook removes inauthentic network connected to Georgian pro-Kremlin party
Assets linked to the Alliance of
Tue, Nov 3, 2020
DFRLab working with partners to combat election disinformation in real-time
The Atlantic Council’s DFRLab is deeply committed to doing our part to protect the integrity of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.