Indo-Pacific
Wed, Feb 16, 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.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Mon, Feb 14, 2022
A moment of truth for China’s vaccine diplomacy in Iran
Iranian officials echoed Chinese messaging while touting vaccines and criticizing the United States.
by Simin Kargar
Fri, Feb 11, 2022
Russian War Report: Belarus threatens to arm firefighters as military exercises kick off
The Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab tracks the latest Russian troop movements and Kremlin-pushed narratives around NATO, Germany, and more.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Tue, Feb 8, 2022
Tracing the myth that COVID-19 vaccines alter human DNA
Incorrect claims falsely attributed to public health experts were later amplified by anti-vax doctors and activists
by Nika Aleksejeva, Lukas Andriukaitis, Jean le Roux, Roman Osadchuk, Ayushman Kaul, Daniel Suárez Pérez
Tue, Feb 1, 2022
Russian War Report: Will Moscow provide weapons and passports to breakaway Ukrainian regions?
The Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab is tracking the latest on Russia moving blood and food supplies to the front, narratives in Kremlin-tied media, and more.
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Wed, Jan 26, 2022
Pro-China messaging amplified in Venezuela’s “hashtag of the day”
Hashtag trended on Venezuelan Twitter alongside messages praising China for donating its vaccine and attacking US for sanctions.
Thu, Jan 6, 2022
Social media and security dynamics in the ongoing India-China border dispute
False narratives underline dangers posed by disinformation as a means of stoking hostility between nuclear-armed neighbors.
Wed, Dec 22, 2021
China’s COVID-19 messaging makes its way to South Africa
China leverages its investment in the South African media space to push Beijing-approved narratives and conspiracies.
Mon, Dec 20, 2021
2021: DFRLab’s year in review
The DFRLab's 2021 year in review: disinformation campaigns, troll farms, troop buildups, vaccine rumors, a failed insurrection, and more.
by Andy Carvin
Sun, Feb 14, 2021
Weaponized: How rumors about COVID-19’s origins led to a narrative arms race
A joint research project from the Digital Forensic Research Lab and the Associate Press on information environments during the first six months of COVID-19.
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
Countering Chinese disinformation reports
A series of reports on countering Chinese disinformation campaigns around the globe from the Digital Forensic Research Lab and Asia Security Initiative, housed in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
Tue, Oct 6, 2020
Atlantic Council’s DFRLab releases first in a series of reports looking at China’s activity in the information space
The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is proud to announce the release of Chinese Discourse Power: China’s Use of Information Manipulation in Regional and Global Competition, the first of four reports to look at the country’s strategy in the information space.
