Middle East
Tue, Dec 12, 2023
How Palestinian militants use Telegram videos in the Mideast conflict
Palestinian militant factions appear to be operating with a high degree of technical coordination, producing uniformly branded propaganda videos with regularity.
Tue, Dec 5, 2023
Indian Twitter accounts exploit Mideast conflict to attack journalist
Accounts potentially coordinated to portray journalist Barkha Dutt as a security threat to Israel and urged action against her
Mon, Dec 4, 2023
Egyptian social media reacts to calls for evacuating Gaza residents into Sinai
Narratives calling for displacement of Gaza Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula met with rejection in Egyptian social media
by Dina Sadek
Fri, Nov 3, 2023
How information travels during Gaza’s communications blackouts
People in Gaza turn to eSIMS and other solutions amid cellular and internet outages
Thu, Nov 2, 2023
Accounts on Facebook, TikTok spread ISIS call for violence against Jewish targets
Accounts openly shared publication advocating offline violence, which continues to circulate on both platforms
Wed, Nov 1, 2023
Hacker collectives take sides in the Mideast crisis
Telegram feeds of hacker groups document alleged attacks targeting Israel
by Ruslan Trad
Thu, Oct 26, 2023
As Israel and Hamas go to war, the Digital Services Act faces its first major test
The EU’s first actions in the context of the conflict will inevitably set standards for this landmark law’s long-term impact
Thu, Oct 19, 2023
Pro-government Twitter accounts targeted head of Egyptian Engineers Syndicate
Suspicious accounts used duplicated content to attack syndicate head Tarek el-Nabarawy
Wed, Oct 18, 2023
Network of South Asian Twitter accounts spreading Israel-Palestine war disinfo
Accounts exhibiting signs of coordination amplify divisive copypasta targeting both sides of the conflict
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
In Israel-Hamas conflict, social media become tools of propaganda and disinformation
An endless flood of false, misleading, and unverified information risks inflaming the conflict.
Wed, Oct 4, 2023
Suspicious Twitter accounts promote Saudi Arabia, call for reinstating Saud Al-Qahtani
Network amplified content calling for Twitter to reinstate Saud Al-Qahtani, accused of orchestrating Jamal Khashoggi’s killing in 2018
by Dina Sadek
Wed, Sep 6, 2023
Pro-Russian BRICS narratives in Latin America prospered during summit lead-up
In the six months ahead of the BRICS summit, narratives about a new multipolar world and the fall of US hegemony trended in Spanish-speaking Latin America information space
by Iria Puyosa
