Mon, Nov 7, 2022

How the September 2022 Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes played out online

Inorganic Twitter activity, graphic Telegram footage of war crimes, and TikTok bans all surfaced in wake of recent clashes.

by Givi Gigitashvili, Esteban Ponce de León

Wed, Nov 2, 2022

Facebook pages used bait-and-switch to exploit sympathies for Ukraine war

DFRLab found emotionally charged Facebook posts about the Ukraine war were later edited to promote clickbait articles.

by Roman Osadchuk

Fri, Jul 23, 2021

Online calls for attacks against Georgia’s LGBTQ community result in offline violence

Anti-LGBTQ, pro-Kremlin groups, and representatives of the Orthodox Church mobilized people online for violence in real life

by Sopo Gelava, Eto Buziashvili

Thu, Nov 12, 2020

Satellite imagery shows environmental damage of reported white phosphorus use in Nagorno Karabakh

Images show extensive burn marks, traces of likely white phosphorous use on forested areas by Azerbaijan

Fri, Oct 9, 2020

Verifying Azerbaijan’s use of cluster munitions in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict

Videos online showed use of munitions in civilian areas of Stepanakert

by Lukas Andriukaitis

Tue, May 7, 2019

Anti-LGBT Facebook Posts Proliferate in Georgia Before Tbilisi Pride

A group of Facebook pages is spreading anti-LGBT narratives as Georgia’s first-ever pride event draws near

by Eto Buziashvili

Sun, Apr 2, 2017

Fakes, Bots, and Blockings in Armenia

A snapshot of online manipulation on the eve of a parliamentary vote

by Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan