Social Media

Wed, Aug 30, 2017

Ukraine’s Back to School “Ceasefire”

New promises are made and broken

Social Media

Mon, Aug 28, 2017

#BotSpot: Twelve Ways to Spot a Bot

Some tricks to identify fake Twitter accounts

Social Media

Fri, Aug 25, 2017

From Russia With #HateGroup?

Analyzing a bot attack on a news site in the UnitedStates

Social Media

Fri, Aug 25, 2017

#ElectionWatch: #MerkelMussWeg, explained

How fake news, a hashtag campaign, and inflammatory merchandise are coordinating a message that “Merkel MustGo”

Elections Europe

Fri, Aug 25, 2017

We Didn’t Start the Fire

Separatist forces may be using arson to gain tactical advantage in wildfire-prone easternUkraine

Social Media

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

#ElectionWatch: The Curious Case of the Far-right Feed in Germany

Analyzing amplification networks on the German political extremes

Elections Social Media

Wed, Aug 23, 2017

#ZapadWatch: Russia Mobilizes

Open source evidence reveals Russian military forces en route for Zapad 2017

Europe Social Media

Wed, Aug 23, 2017

Tanks for the Upgrade!

Ukrainian military modernization and the global armstrade

Social Media

Fri, Aug 18, 2017

#ZapadWatch: Russian Troops in Belarus

First contingents arrive ahead of major exercise

by Nika Aleksejeva

Belarus Belarus

Fri, Aug 18, 2017

Kremlin and Alt-Right Share “Nazi” Narrative

U.S. activists echo Kremlin’s argument on Ukrainian Nazis and American hypocrisy

by Donara Barojan, Ben Nimmo

Botnets Disinformation

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

Into the Uncanny Valley of Fake News

A case study in how a cluster of websites managed to pose as legitimate sources and, despite being exposed, got away with it

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Propaganda

Wed, Aug 16, 2017

#ZapadWatch: Russian Snap Drills Close to NATO Borders

Late, sparse, and inaccurate info from the Ministry of Defense raises concerns for the upcoming Zapad 2017

by Nika Aleksejeva, Ben Nimmo

Belarus Belarus