Indo-Pacific

An Indian Army convoy moves along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, June 18, 2020.

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.

by Ayushman Kaul

China Facebook

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.

by Kenton Thibaut

Africa China
The US Capitol, January 6, 2021.

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

Belarus COVID-19

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.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

China Coronavirus

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.

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

China Digital Policy
Chinese Discourse Power report cover

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.

China

Fri, Mar 15, 2019

Don’t Watch the New Zealand Mosque Attack Video. Just Don’t.

DFRLab Managing Editor Andy Carvin on the real-world consequences of viewing graphic imagery

by Andy Carvin

Extremism Facebook

Fri, Aug 4, 2017

A Guide to Russia’s Navy Day

The Russian Federation’s naval parades in Syria, Crimea, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok

China China

Mon, Jul 31, 2017

North by Far East: Baltic Sea Naval Exercise

Russia and China’s joint naval exercise in the Baltic Sea sends clear signal

by Nika Aleksejeva

Baltics China