United States

Tue, Sep 3, 2019

Pro-Kremlin Media Push False Claims Tying Huntsman to Moscow Protests

Outlets falsely alleged that U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman’s resignation was spurred failing to bring about the “Russian Maidan”

by Givi Gigitashvili

Government United States

Fri, Aug 16, 2019

False MH17 Crash Narrative Spreads from the United States to Russia

Pro-Kremlin media distort interview with Malaysian official to make fabricated claims around the 2014 crash of flight MH17

Security United States

Mon, Jun 3, 2019

Far-Right Media Weaponizes the Venezuelan Power Struggle for a Pro-Gun Agenda

Blogs and news sites in the United States and Brazil attributed the Venezuelan crisis to the disarmament of the country’s population

Government United States

Wed, May 15, 2019

Measuring the Near-term Success of Facebook’s Anti-Vaxx Crackdown

Almost two months into Facebook’s campaign, anti-vaccine content was still widely shared and used in ads

by Donara Barojan

Social Media United States

Tue, Nov 6, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Fraud and Suppression Claims in United States

Plenty of narratives and less evidence of election cheating ahead of the midterms

Government Social Media

Fri, Aug 18, 2017

Kremlin and Alt-Right Share “Nazi” Narrative

U.S. activists echo Kremlin’s argument on Ukrainian Nazis and American hypocrisy

by Donara Barojan, Ben Nimmo

Botnets Disinformation

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

Into the Uncanny Valley of Fake News

A case study in how a cluster of websites managed to pose as legitimate sources and, despite being exposed, got away with it

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Propaganda

Fri, Aug 11, 2017

Still Jostling for Javelins

How anti-tank weapons are shaping the conflict in the Donbas

Conflict Defense Technologies

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

The Alt-Right vs. Robert Mueller

A field guide to the most recent alt-right propagated anti-Mueller stories

by Donara Barojan

Disinformation Facebook

Tue, Aug 8, 2017

#FireMcMaster, explained

How alt-right media and a handful of Twitter bots tried to get the United States National Security Advisor fired

by Donara Barojan

Botnets Facebook

Fri, Jul 28, 2017

Strange Bedfellows Align Against Russia Sanctions Bill

How a handful of far-right media outlets, Redditors, and Twitter accounts tried to stop the Russia sanctions legislation in the U.S.

by Donara Barojan

Botnets Disinformation

Fri, Jul 28, 2017

Battle of the Botnets

President Trump’s fans and foes go head-to-head with Twitterbots

by Ben Nimmo

Botnets Disinformation