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Killer content: disinformation campaign derails Pakistan’s national anti-polio drive
Killer content: disinformation campaign derails Pakistan’s national anti-polio drive
Misleading videos online provoked mass hysteria and attacks on health workers
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Dec 4
Ukrainian media jump the gun on Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Ukrainian media jump the gun on Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Anonymous Telegram channels were the source of unsubstantiated reports of the supposed exchange
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Dec 2
Amid the crisis in Bolivia, a Twitter flood of coup denial, bot accusations, and memes
Amid the crisis in Bolivia, a Twitter flood of coup denial, bot accusations, and memes
Over 1,400 accounts reposted narratives that denounced Evo Morales as illegitimate and denied a coup had occurred in Bolivia
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Nov 26
Breaking down Sputnik’s Facebook audiences in the Baltic states
Breaking down Sputnik’s Facebook audiences in the Baltic states
While the local audience remained modest, Sputnik still managed to engage a small segment of Baltic users via Facebook
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Nov 20
Cyber-attack knocks out Georgian websites, comes with a surprise
Cyber-attack knocks out Georgian websites, comes with a surprise
Over 2,000 Georgian government, nonprofit, and private websites hit with malicious code
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Nov 19
Trudeaus and Trudeaunts — memes have an impact during Canadian elections
Trudeaus and Trudeaunts — memes have an impact during Canadian elections
Around the Canadian election, Pinterest’s algorithm went beyond anti-Justin Trudeau memes, recommending other far-right memes
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Nov 19
Sockpuppet accounts impersonate India’s space agency chief
Sockpuppet accounts impersonate India’s space agency chief
Accounts appeared amid increased public attention to the space agency following an unsuccessful attempt at a lunar landing
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Nov 18
Secondary Infektion redux? Suspected Russian intelligence operation targets Greenland
Secondary Infektion redux? Suspected Russian intelligence operation targets Greenland
The operation employed the same strategy an earlier suspected Russian intelligence operation
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Nov 12
The Kremlin augments its digital tools for cracking down on protesters
The Kremlin augments its digital tools for cracking down on protesters
The Kremlin is perfecting digital tools against citizens who dare to protest the government
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Nov 8
Venezuelan “chavista” accounts take an interest in Chilean protests
Venezuelan “chavista” accounts take an interest in Chilean protests
Pro-Maduro accounts are tweeting about the Chilean protests, but there is no evidence of a state-backed information operation
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Nov 7
Is this granny a bot? The challenges of detecting automation
Is this granny a bot? The challenges of detecting automation
A Brazilian account that mixes bot-like and human-like features illustrates the difficulty in determining whether an account is automated
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Nov 6
Suspicious Twitter accounts boosted Taliban hashtag prior to Afghan election
Suspicious Twitter accounts boosted Taliban hashtag prior to Afghan election
The hashtag, promoting Taliban activity, may have been amplified to thwart voters and to assert Taliban control of Afghanistan
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Nov 1
Pro-Kremlin sources target the BBC for report on murdered Chechen commander
Pro-Kremlin sources target the BBC for report on murdered Chechen commander
Russian officials, news sites, and social network users accused the BBC of glorifying Zelimkhan Khangoshvili
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Oct 28
Facebook takes down Iranian assets, some targeting Latin American audiences
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
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Oct 24
Bot-like Turkish accounts wage anti-Kurdish hashtag campaign
Bot-like Turkish accounts wage anti-Kurdish hashtag campaign
As Turkey bombarded Syrian Kurdish forces, pro-Turkish Twitter accounts waged a parallel information campaign
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Oct 16
UAE Facebook pages targeted Qatar and Muslim Brotherhood
UAE Facebook pages targeted Qatar and Muslim Brotherhood
The multiregional operation spread anti-Qatar content online and attacked the Muslim Brotherhood
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Oct 15
Facebook removes assets connected to Egyptian newspaper El Fagr
Facebook removes assets connected to Egyptian newspaper El Fagr
Pages, groups, and accounts masqueraded as regional news outlets in a coordinated effort
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Oct 15
Facebook takes down pro-Indonesian pages targeting West Papua
Facebook takes down pro-Indonesian pages targeting West Papua
Removed pages masked themselves as West Papuan pages while promoting Indonesian state interests
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Oct 10
Anti-5G conspiracy theories dominate on social media
Anti-5G conspiracy theories dominate on social media
Top five most engaged-with articles on social media every month about 5G for the past year were anti-5G
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Oct 8
Facebook and Twitter remove accounts connected to Spanish political party
Facebook and Twitter remove accounts connected to Spanish political party
Social platforms connected the assets to the conservative Partido Popular
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Oct 2
Dueling Kashmir narratives on social media, part 2: India
Dueling Kashmir narratives on social media, part 2: India
Indian and Pakistani users amplified misleading content on social media in the wake of Kashmir digital blackout
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Sep 26
Dueling Kashmir narratives on social media, part 1: Pakistan
Dueling Kashmir narratives on social media, part 1: Pakistan
Indian and Pakistani users amplified misleading content on social media in the wake of Kashmir’s digital blackout
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Sep 26
Telegram channels used to doxx and report Hong Kong protesters to Chinese authorities
Telegram channels used to doxx and report Hong Kong protesters to Chinese authorities
Channels are collecting and submitting personally identifiable information of Hong Kong protesters to China’s Ministry of National Security
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Sep 25
Macron’s Amazon fire backlash
Macron’s Amazon fire backlash
After posting an old photo of the Amazon fires, Macron triggered a sudden Twitter backlash
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Sep 18
Objective truth and the Amazon are both aflame
Objective truth and the Amazon are both aflame
Misinformation and disinformation comingled amid uproar around the Brazilian government’s inaction
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Sep 18
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