Social Media
Tue, Oct 9, 2018
#TrollTracker: Bots, Botnets, and Trolls
Everything you ever wanted to know about bots, botnets, and trolls, but were too afraid to ask
Sun, Oct 7, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Social Media Hack on Latvian Election Day
How social media and online media outlets reacted to the hacking of Latvian social network Draugiem.lv
Sun, Sep 23, 2018
#PutinAtWar: Russian Missiles Reach Combat Deployment in Iran
Photos show Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missiles ready in Iran
Wed, Sep 19, 2018
#MinskMonitor: Supposed Security Service Video Actually Separatists
Suspicious video of supposed raid debunked as Russian-led separatist-produced fake
Fri, Sep 14, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Misinformation Swirls Around Bolsonaro Attack
After the Brazilian front-runner was stabbed, both left and far-right groups try to shift the news in their favor
Fri, Sep 7, 2018
#PutinAtWar: Soviet Tanks Reactivated in Russia’s East
Variants of the outdated T-62 were reactivated for Russia’s Vostok 2018 exercise and headed westward
Fri, Sep 7, 2018
#BreakingSyria: Who Shapes the Narrative on the Free Syrian Army
Looking at the highest profile English and Arabic language networks covering the Free Syrian Army
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
#ElectionWatch: URSAL, Illuminati, and Brazil’s YouTube Subculture
Amplified through YouTube, a term created as a joke ends up on nationally televised presidential debate
Fri, Aug 24, 2018
#ElectionWatch: RT’s One-Sided Coverage of Midterms
Assessing partisan bias in the Kremlin broadcaster’s reporting
Tue, Aug 21, 2018
#BalticBrief: Kremlin Pivots to Video in the Baltics
How Sputnik tried to use short video stories to drive traffic to its Baltic Facebook pages
Fri, Aug 17, 2018
#ElectionWatch: Bots Around Brazil’s First Presidential Debate
Low impact of bots and fake data, but at least one “fake” article among the top stories
Thu, Aug 16, 2018
#TrollTracker: Russian Traces in Facebook Takedown
Part Three — How the trolls tried to cover their tracks
