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Russia expands its strategic footprint in occupied Abkhazia
How Azerbaijani media and politicians endorse Georgia’s shift away from the West
Cross-platform campaign sows anti-Europe division in Moldova
Japan’s technology paradox: the challenge of Chinese disinformation
An existential threat: Disinformation ‘single biggest risk’ to Canadian democracy
Connecting the other half of humanity is the deal of the century
Cross-platform multilingual campaign amplifies biolabs conspiracy targeting US and Armenia
Russia-linked Pravda network cited on Wikipedia, LLMs, and X
Telegram network seeks to manipulate Moldova’s local political discourse
In-Depth Reports
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mapping the Global Spyware Market and its Threats to National Security and Human Rights
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them
User in the Middle: An Interoperability and Security Guide for Policymakers
“Reasonable” Cybersecurity in Forty-Seven Cases: The Federal Trade Commission’s Enforcement Actions Against Unfair and Deceptive Cyber Practices
Another battlefield: Telegram as a digital front in Russia’s war against Ukraine
Markets Matter: A Glance into the Spyware Industry
Hacking with AI
TikTok: Hate the Game, Not the Player
Design Questions in the Software Liability Debate
Projects
Foreign Interference Attribution Tracker
The DFRLab’s Foreign Interference Attribution Tracker (FIAT) is an interactive, open-source database that captures allegations of foreign interference relevant to the 2024 election. This tool assesses the credibility, bias, evidence, transparency, and impact of each claim.
Russian War Report
As Russia’s aggression in Europe heats up, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Moscow’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains.
Election Official Handbook: Preparing for Election Day Misinformation
As part of the Election Integrity Partnership, the DFRLab has analyzed roughly four hundred cases of election-related dis- and misinformation on social media. This memo gathers the findings and issues recommendations for US election officials: they must prepare for viral falsehoods online that persist for weeks.
Dichotomies of Disinformation
Via the DFRLab’s Github: This project isolates “political disinformation campaigns.” Dichotomies of Disinformation proposes and tests a classification system built on 150 variable options. Our intent is to establish a replicable, extensible system by which widely disparate disinformation campaigns can be categorized and compared.
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