Wed, Dec 9, 2020
Pro-government accounts use old images to depict Ugandan protesters as hooligans
Twitter campaign ensured anti-protester hashtag trended in Uganda after protests broke out following arrest of a presidential candidate
by Tessa Knight
Thu, Jul 2, 2020
New York City’s open-source “cop watch”
How a group of civilian volunteers monitor police activity using open-source methods.
by Max Rizzuto
Wed, Jun 17, 2020
How activists used social media to organize during the George Floyd protests
Social media users rapidly shifted to sharing logistical and strategic information over multiple social media platforms
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
Tue, Aug 15, 2017
#Geolocation: How I found Maks Czuperski in Bangkok
@DFRLab 2017 Global Geolocation Challenge: Bangkok
Thu, Aug 10, 2017
The Alt-Right vs. Robert Mueller
A field guide to the most recent alt-right propagated anti-Mueller stories
Wed, Aug 9, 2017
#Geolocation: Discover the Digital Sherlock in you
@DFRLab 2017 Global Geolocation Challenge: Kuala Lumpur
Tue, Aug 8, 2017
#FireMcMaster, explained
How alt-right media and a handful of Twitter bots tried to get the United States National Security Advisor fired
Fri, Aug 4, 2017
History Revisited: Communist Monuments in Poland
How the Kremlin is re-writing Poland’s history to protect Communist monuments
Tue, Aug 1, 2017
German Election: Waiting For Leaks
Assessing online conversations about document dumps
by Ben Nimmo
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
Strange Bedfellows Align Against Russia Sanctions Bill
How a handful of far-right media outlets, Redditors, and Twitter accounts tried to stop the Russia sanctions legislation in the U.S.
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
Battle of the Botnets
President Trump’s fans and foes go head-to-head with Twitterbots
by Ben Nimmo
