TikTok
Thu, May 8, 2025
How a misleading viral video fueled a Canadian election fraud hoax
Tracing how a viral hoax falsely linked election workers to ballot box fraud
Mon, Feb 24, 2025
What the TikTok ban and Xiaohongshu’s brief popularity reveal about US-China relations and their tech sectors
Influx of US users to RedNote amid TikTok ban limbo presents propaganda opportunities and censorship challenges for China
by Kenton Thibaut, Ryan DeVries
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
Rise of unknown Romanian presidential candidate preceded by Telegram and TikTok engagement spikes
Network of Telegram channels helped previously obscure candidate Calin Georgescu reach 1.4 billion total views on TikTok
Mon, Sep 23, 2024
How the Venezuelan regime weaponized video and messaging apps to persecute dissidents
Maduro promotes app that encourages users to report critics of the regime amid widespread demands for election transparency
Fri, Aug 30, 2024
TikTok accounts target West Africa with AI-generated content promoting Putin and regional leaders
TikTok accounts with thousands of followers spread pro-Russia and anti-France narratives
Wed, Jul 31, 2024
Lessons learned from South Africa’s 2024 elections
Independent media and civil society worked overtime to mitigate the spread of disinformation, while generative AI played only a limited role
Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Online tool helps social media accounts amplify pro-Israel messages
“Words of Iron” represents a shift in the evolving approach to digital propaganda during times of war
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
Stalin lionized on Georgian TikTok
TikTok videos promote myths about late Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, portraying him as a religious, well-educated strongman
by Sopo Gelava
Wed, Feb 21, 2024
Pro-Russia network spreads propaganda and disinfo in Latin America
Multi-platform operation amplifying Kremlin-aligned narratives published content in Portuguese and Spanish
Tue, Feb 20, 2024
French prime minister faces onslaught of online attacks
Investment scam promoted via Meta Ads, AI-fueled smear campaigns on X, and a Russian-led disinformation operation, and ignite a social media frenzy around Gabriel Attal
Thu, Feb 15, 2024
US celebrities unwittingly recruited to undermine Moldova’s president
Pro-Russian propagandists solicited US celebrities on Cameo to record videos calling for the downfall of Moldovan President Maia Sandu
Thu, Feb 8, 2024
Pro-Kremlin campaign promotes “anti-Maidan” movement in Georgia
Georgian far-right party Alt-Info conducted a cross-platform social media campaign claiming the West was fomenting a coup against the country
by Sopo Gelava
