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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tue, Nov 19, 2019
Trudeaus and Trudeaunts — memes have an impact during Canadian elections
Memes on Pinterest gamify polarization in Canadian elections
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
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
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
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