Social Media
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
Dueling Kashmir narratives on social media, part 1: Pakistan
Indian and Pakistani users amplified misleading content on social media in the wake of Kashmir’s digital blackout
by Ayushman Kaul
Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Telegram channels used to doxx and report Hong Kong protesters to Chinese authorities
Channels are collecting and submitting personally identifiable information of Hong Kong protesters to China’s Ministry of StateSecurity
Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Macron’s Amazon fire backlash
After posting an old photo of the Amazon fires, Macron triggered a sudden Twitter backlash
by Luiza Bandeira, Lukas Andriukaitis
Wed, Sep 18, 2019
Objective truth and the Amazon are both aflame
Misinformation and disinformation comingled amid uproar around the Brazilian government’s inaction
by Luiza Bandeira
Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Inauthentic Facebook pages amplified top Ukrainian news aggregators
Pages focused on local news, posted generic memes, and attacked Ukrainian politicians
by Roman Osadchuk, Nika Aleksejeva
Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Facebook takes down Iraq-focused pages
Some of the pages pushed pro-Saddam Hussein content, were critical of the current Iraqi government and the United States
by Eto Buziashvili, Givi Gigitashvili
Mon, Sep 16, 2019
Russian diplomatic Twitter accounts rewrite history of World War II
Official Twitter accounts amplified the hashtag #TruthAboutWWII in an effort to justify the Soviet Union’s signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
by Eto Buziashvili
Mon, Sep 9, 2019
Fake Trevor Noah quote spreads internationally as anti-migrant violence spikes in South Africa
Fabricated quote made its way from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States as news outlets and social media influencers share it with no attempt at attribution
by Andy Carvin
Wed, Sep 4, 2019
Twitter’s Hong Kong Archives: Chinese Commercial Bots at Work
Chinese information operation mobilized commercial bot accounts to target Hong Kong pro-democracy protests
by Kanishk Karan
Tue, Sep 3, 2019
Clashing Keywords in Coverage of the Moscow Protests
As the Moscow protests stretched into their sixth week, pro-Kremlin and independent media diverged sharply in the tone of their coverage
by Lukas Andriukaitis
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
Bot-Like Accounts and Pro-Government Hashtags in Colombia
Suspicious accounts boosted pro-government hashtags in Colombia
Mon, Aug 19, 2019
How a “Political Astroturfing” App Coordinates Pro-Israel Influence Operations
Pro-Israel messages broadcast during May 4–5 Hamas terror attacks and IDF air strikes offer new insights into reach of the Act.IL app’s social media manipulation
