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Top Stories published by DFRLab in June of 2018

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#TrollTracker: Journalist Doxxed By American Far Right

How the United States far right sought to silence a journalist

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#TrollTracker: From Tags To Trolling

How tweets to a small group precede attacks on critics of the Syrian and Russian regimes

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#ElectionWatch: Trending Beyond Borders in Mexico

How the “King of Fake News” in Mexico used international Twitter bots and Facebook farms to boost political messages

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#PutinAtWar: Russian Military Police Arrest Assad’s Militia

A recently surfaced video suggested that Russian military police arrested Assad’s regime militia for looting in Damascus

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#BreakingSyria: Syrian General Sets Sights on Israeli Base

Syrian Arab Army officer publishes provocative photos of an Israeli base through a binocular scope

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#BotSpot: Sex And Sensibility

A horde of Jane Austen-quoting bots leads to Russian porn sites

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#BreakingSyria: Assad’s Latest Offensive Next to Israeli Borders

Videos and photos published by Assad’s soldiers confirm military build-up in Quneitera region

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K-Pop Goes Info Ops

How an online army of K-pop boy band fans exposes Twitter’s multiple account problem

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#PutinAtWar: How Sputnik Secures Russia’s Interests

Assessing the propaganda role of the Kremlin’s “news” wire

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#MinskMonitor: Separatist Rocket Troops — Reals vs. Schpiels

Newly announced rocket systems in separatist held Donetsk

These were the top 10 stories published by DFRLab in June of 2018. You can also dive into daily archives for June of 2018 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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