Digital Forensic Research Lab

Thu, May 15, 2025

Pro-Kremlin actors exploit USAID scrutiny to destabilize Moldova’s pre-election landscape

Multiple apparent influence campaigns using USAID cuts to promote election denialism and push for criminalization of Moldova’s ruling party

by Eto Buziashvili, Victoria Olari

Corruption Democratic Transitions

Fri, May 9, 2025

South African influencers-for-hire attack Zelenskyy for declining Victory Day ceasefire

Multiple South African X accounts linked to paid influencer marketplace also participated in previous campaign that advanced pro-Russian narratives.

by Iryna Adam

Content Moderation Policies Deceptive Content Manipulation

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

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Canada Deceptive Content Manipulation

Thu, May 1, 2025

The evolving role of AI-generated media in shaping disinformation campaigns 

A methodological examination of how malicious actors exploit visual generative models

by Ali Chenrose, Max Rizzuto

Artificial Intelligence Brazil

Tue, Apr 29, 2025

How social media shaped the 2025 Canadian election 

Platform enforcement gaps, AI-generated spam, and foreign interference concerns converged during high-stakes political contest.

by Layla Mashkoor

Canada China

Fri, Apr 25, 2025

Bot-like activity targets Canadian political parties and their leaders ahead of election

Canadian federal election subject to spam messaging from automated X accounts.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Artificial Intelligence Canada

Fri, Apr 25, 2025

Narrative and provocation: What Telegram had to say about the February attack on Chornobyl nuclear plant

Russian media and Telegram channels shifted blame onto Ukraine for the recent attack on the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and amplified narratives of potential nuclear escalation.

by Iryna Adam, Samuel Rothbardt

Disinformation Geopolitics & Energy Security

Fri, Apr 18, 2025

Russia’s Pravda network in numbers: Introducing the Pravda Dashboard

The Pravda Dashboard reveals how Russia's global network circumvents sanctions on prohibited content

by Valentin Châtelet and Amaury Lesplingart

Conflict Disinformation

Thu, Apr 17, 2025

Russia expands its strategic footprint in occupied Abkhazia 

The reopening of the decades-closed Sukhumi Babushara Airport and a test flight from Moscow demonstrate Russia’s push for control over occupied Abkhazia

by Sopo Gelava, Valentin Châtelet

Caucasus Conflict

Wed, Mar 19, 2025

An existential threat: Disinformation ‘single biggest risk’ to Canadian democracy 

The DFRLab reviews Canada’s 2025 Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Artificial Intelligence Canada

Wed, Mar 19, 2025

Cross-platform multilingual campaign amplifies biolabs conspiracy targeting US and Armenia  

Campaign exploits long-running false and misleading claims purporting US bioweapons-related activity in Europe and elsewhere

by Sopo Gelava

Armenia Caucasus

Wed, Mar 12, 2025

Russia-linked Pravda network cited on Wikipedia, LLMs, and X

Pravda network content pollutes sources on multiple platforms, sparking worries of false claims and sanctioned content reaching global audiences

by Valentin Châtelet and Amaury Lesplingart

Artificial Intelligence Platform