United States
Fri, Jan 17, 2020
Russian media pushed U.S. drone conspiracy related to plane crash in Iran
The unfounded theory blamed a U.S. drone strike for downing the Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 near Tehran
Mon, Oct 28, 2019
Erdogan’s possible plans to forego more U.S. F-16s for Russian Su-35s
Turkey may choose the Russian’s F-35 competitor instead of continuing to purchase F-16’s, since the United States cancelled its F-35 program participation
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Facebook takes down Iranian assets, some targeting Latin American audiences
Iran-based assets targeted audiences in Latin America and the United States with pro-Iranian messaging
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
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
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
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
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
Fri, Aug 18, 2017
Kremlin and Alt-Right Share “Nazi” Narrative
U.S. activists echo Kremlin’s argument on Ukrainian Nazis and American hypocrisy
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
Fri, Aug 11, 2017
Still Jostling for Javelins
How anti-tank weapons are shaping the conflict in the Donbas
Thu, Aug 10, 2017
The Alt-Right vs. Robert Mueller
A field guide to the most recent alt-right propagated anti-Mueller stories
