Middle East
Tue, Nov 5, 2024
What to expect from foreign threat actors following the 2024 US election
US intelligence community on high alert for the intensification of influence operations in the days and weeks following the 2024 US election
Mon, Nov 4, 2024
Sockpuppet network impersonating Americans and Canadians amplifies pro-Israel narratives on X
A network of accounts on X using stolen and possibly AI-generated images coordinated to engage with accounts supportive of Israel
by Ali Chenrose
Wed, Oct 23, 2024
DFRLab launches the 2024 Foreign Interference Attribution Tracker
FIAT dashboard documents allegations of foreign malign information operations in the 2024 US general election
Fri, Oct 18, 2024
Iranian election interference: When you’re broke, at least be flashy
How Iran’s influence operations playbook targeting US elections has – and hasn’t – changed over time
by Simin Kargar
Mon, Oct 7, 2024
Analysis: five online takeaways from the ongoing Mideast conflict
The one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war is a bellwether moment for how offline and online violence have now become different sides of the same coin
by Mark Scott
Thu, Sep 26, 2024
FIMI 101: Foreign information manipulation and interference targeting the 2024 US general election
Foreign state and non-state actors are targeting Americans with false and misleading narratives to sow divisions ahead of the US election
by Dina Sadek
Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Online tool helps social media accounts amplify pro-Israel messages
“Words of Iron” represents a shift in the evolving approach to digital propaganda during times of war
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
Inauthentic campaign amplifying Islamophobic content targeting Canadians
Accounts used AI-generated photos and inauthentic accounts to amplify Islamophobic account claiming to be a new Canadian nonprofit
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
Advancing the narrative: analyzing the maturation of Palestinian militant videos
Gaza militants increasingly use collaborative releases, advanced editing, and narrative-driven storytelling when sharing battlefield footage
Wed, Feb 21, 2024
Arms sale claim heightened tensions ahead of 2023 Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks
Online narratives claimed Iran or Russia might exploit French weapons that were allegedly bound for Armenia
by , Valentin Châtelet
Fri, Dec 22, 2023
Pro-Saudi X accounts repeatedly harassed activist and fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Turkish activist Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, targeted with death threats and insults on the platform formerly known as Twitter
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
