Social Media

Fri, Dec 20, 2019

Inauthentic pages linked to majority government taken down in Georgia

Facebook took down assets, among other things, that were critical of opposition parties and biased against the United States

Georgia Social Media

Tue, Dec 10, 2019

Lingering Infektion: Latvian operation mimicked Secondary Infektion tactics

Faked documents pushed on fringe websites and social media, similar to operation uncovered in June 2019

Government Latvia

Wed, Dec 4, 2019

Killer content: disinformation campaign derails Pakistan’s national anti-polio drive

Misleading videos online provoked mass hysteria and attacks on health workers

Government Social Media

Mon, Dec 2, 2019

Ukrainian media jump the gun on Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

Anonymous Telegram channels were the source of unsubstantiated reports of the supposed exchange

Social Media Telegram

Tue, Nov 26, 2019

Amid the crisis in Bolivia, a Twitter flood of coup denial, bot accusations, and memes

Over 1,400 accounts reposted narratives that denounced Evo Morales as illegitimate and denied a coup had occurred in Bolivia

by Alyssa Kann

Government Social Media

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

Breaking down Sputnik’s Facebook audiences in the Baltic states

While the local audience remained modest, Sputnik still managed to engage a small segment of Baltic users via Facebook

BalticBrief Social Media

Wed, Nov 20, 2019

Cyber-attack knocks out Georgian websites, comes with a surprise

Over 2,000 Georgian government, nonprofit, and private websites hit with malicious code

Georgia Social Media

Tue, Nov 19, 2019

Trudeaus and Trudeaunts — memes have an impact during Canadian elections

Memes on Pinterest gamify polarization in Canadian elections

Government Social Media

Mon, Nov 18, 2019

Sockpuppet accounts impersonate India’s space agency chief

Accounts appeared amid increased public attention to the space agency following an unsuccessful attempt at a lunar landing

Social Media

Wed, Nov 13, 2019

Secondary Infektion redux? Suspected Russian intelligence operation targets Greenland

The operation employed the same strategy an earlier suspected Russian disinformation operation

Denmark Government

Fri, Nov 8, 2019

The Kremlin augments its digital tools for cracking down on protesters

The Kremlin is perfecting digital tools against citizens who dare to protest the government

Government Social Media

Fri, Nov 8, 2019

Venezuelan “chavista” accounts take an interest in Chilean protests

Pro-Maduro accounts are tweeting about the Chilean protests, but there is no evidence of a state-backed information operation

Chile Government