Digital Forensic Research Lab
Wed, Jan 24, 2024
How Ukraine fights Russian disinformation: Beehive vs mammoth
Best practices in countering Russian disinformation, propaganda and information aggression, based on interviews with nearly two dozen Ukrainian practitioners
Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Wagner communities continue to thrive on VK despite Russian government crackdown
VK pages temporarily removed "Wagner" from their names and used other tactics to avoid the Kremlin's wrath following the failed June 2023 mutiny
Mon, Jan 22, 2024
Gang violence and hostage-taking sow fear across Ecuadorian social media
Graphic content related to violent incidents in Ecuador has garnered millions of views on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter
Sat, Dec 23, 2023
Distortion by design: How social media platforms shaped our initial understanding of the Israel-Hamas conflict
Almost as soon as the Israel-Hamas war began, it collided with the engineering and policy decisions of social media companies. On Telegram, terrorist content spread mostly uncontested; on X, false claims proliferated. Accusations of anti-Palestinian bias at Meta and pro-Palestinian bias at TikTok added to the confusion. Can the platforms thread this needle?
Thu, Dec 21, 2023
DFRLab research highlights from 2023
From the war in Ukraine to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, the DFRLab's international team of researchers investigated information operations and online harms around the world
Fri, Dec 15, 2023
Russian War Report: Putin to run for re-election in annexed regions of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission confirmed the possibility of holding presidential elections in illegally annexed Ukrainian territories.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Thu, Dec 14, 2023
Massive Russian influence operation targeted former Ukrainian defense minister on TikTok
Joint DFRLab-BBC Verify investigation exposes the largest information operation ever uncovered on the platform
Tue, Dec 12, 2023
How Palestinian militants use Telegram videos in the Mideast conflict
Palestinian militant factions appear to be operating with a high degree of technical coordination, producing uniformly branded propaganda videos with regularity.
Thu, Dec 7, 2023
Deceptive marketing ads used fake images of Polish politician
Digitally altered photos deployed as clickbait in Facebook ads drew users to promotional campaign for sketchy cryptocurrency operation
Thu, Dec 7, 2023
Russian and Azerbaijani pro-government outlets exploit Georgian USAID narratives
Outlets exploited Georgian government claims to push narratives blaming the US for organizing civil unrest in Georgia and running spies in Azerbaijan
Wed, Dec 6, 2023
Learning more about platforms from the first Digital Services Act transparency disclosures
An analysis of platform reporting on content moderation teams' language skills
Tue, Dec 5, 2023
Indian Twitter accounts exploit Mideast conflict to attack journalist
Accounts potentially coordinated to portray journalist Barkha Dutt as a security threat to Israel and urged action against her
by Ali Chenrose
