General Media Inquiries
Press Releases
October 2023
Quiet part out loud: Rules of the internet and the 2023 Internet Governance Forum
A breakdown of the 2023 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the competing factions vying for the future rules of the internet.
June 2023
Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web launches final report Scaling Trust on the Web
Press Release: Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web launches final report Scaling Trust on the Web
April 2023
Facebook sources targeting Georgia’s Azerbaijani minority reflect pro-West outlook
A DFRLab review of Facebook pages popular among Georgia’s Azerbaijani ethnic minority finds pro-West sentiments, including towards the EU, NATO and Ukraine
March 2023
Russia-friendly media outlets in Global South frame French anti-government protest as anti-NATO
Russian state media coverage of protest in Paris picked up by outlets across the Global South
February 2022
DFRLab releases Financing & genocide: Development finance and the crisis in the Uyghur Region
The DFRLab releases a joint investigation revealing how the World Bank’s private lending arm has several investments in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
June 2020
DFRLab statement on Maria Ressa
The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab stands with Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos Jr.
April 2020
Media outlets highlight Mexican president’s inadequate COVID-19 response
Criticism falls on President López Obrador
March 2020
Venezuelan fringe websites impersonate media outlets on Facebook
Facebook assets impersonating CNN en Español and NTN24 promoted content created by two external websites
March 2020
Right-wing Facebook pages fuel communal tensions in India
Three pages capitalized on cases of sexual violence to deepen Hindu-Muslim divide
March 2020
Open-source analysis | Foreign instigators and local amplifiers: disinformation in Bosnia
The Balkans have made progress in tackling disinformation, but bad actors have grown more sophisticated
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