Anatomy of an Inauthentically Organized Campaign Disinformation campaigns depend on real-world events to offer an illusion of popularity for unpopular ideas, but they're easy to spot when you know what to look for.
Wi Spa Weaponized Disinformation Campaign A viral video followed by far right protests and a brawl is being sold as authentically organized, but people involved are linked directly to known disinformation networks.
Foreign Influence Agents Goaded Trump Forums After U.S. Elections, Researchers Say Graphika's report finds that suspected Russian agents pushed 'Stop the Steal,' other anti-democratic narratives.
International Disinfo Machines Turning After State-Sponsored Kidnapping of Belarusian Journalist Botnets, professional trolls, and enablers are following what should be by now a very familiar pattern.
Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Still Going Strong on Social Media: Report The Center for Countering Digital Hate and Anti-Vax Watch say the majority of disinformation comes from just twelve purveyors, most of whom remain on platforms despite openly flouting stated rules and guidelines.
How to Fight Disinformation: Part II — Gaslighting The brazen and blatant lies of gaslighting campaigns are difficult to fight with fact-checking alone, but they can be defeated through a multidisciplinary approach.
Flint Robocalls Purportedly Advised Voters to Avoid Long Lines and ‘Vote Tomorrow’ Michigan's Attorney General warned of election day robocalls received by Flint residents warning of "long lines" -- and advising them to vote "tomorrow."
As U.S. Election Looms, Agitprop Floods Social Media Platforms Inflammatory and corrosive rhetoric is being laundered via social media commentary from fringe sites into the mainstream at a time of increasing uncertainty and instability.
‘Choose’ or ‘Pick’ Your ‘Quarantine House’ and Other Engagement Bait During COVID-19 "Pick your quarantine house" memes are fun, and a bit of needed levity during a dark time -- and here's why they're suddenly everywhere.
‘COVID-19 Had Us All Fooled, but Now We Might Have Finally Found Its Secret’ Medium Post A viral post about COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine shared to Medium's platform has since been removed, but copies continued spreading on social media.
