How foreign influence efforts are targeting journalists Kelly McFarland and Alistair Somerville - October 29, 2020 Disinformation in 2020 has become even more complex.
Foreign hackers have made it harder for the U.S. to prosecute them Tim Maurer and Garrett Hinck - April 7, 2020 The Justice Department dropped charges against these two Russian companies
Russia wants more influence in Africa. It’s using disinformation to get there. Shelby Grossman - December 2, 2019 Facebook says the oligarch behind the Internet Research Agency is involved.
It’s not easy to spot disinformation on Twitter. Here’s what we learned from 8 political ‘astroturfing’ campaigns. Sebastian Stier, JungHwan Yang, Franziska Keller, and David Schoch - October 27, 2019 Hint: Don’t look for an account that tweets like a bot.
China is weaponizing online distraction Henry Farrell - October 1, 2018 [caption id="attachment_78393" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman reacts to a Peppa
Russia is trying to influence the 2018 U.S. election. But this time the U.S. is prepared. Alla Baranovsky-Dewey - September 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_46299" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People walk in Red Square, with
Showtime’s ‘The Circus’ is fast food — tasty if not always nourishing Stephen Dyson - September 23, 2018 [caption id="attachment_78068" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former
Who spread disinformation about the MH17 crash? We followed the Twitter trail. Yevgeniy Golovchenko and Rebecca Adler-Nissen - September 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77980" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a Russian
There’s more to Russia’s cyber interference than the Mueller probe suggests Ryan Maness and Margarita Jaitner - March 12, 2018 An underlying theme running through special counsel Robert S. Mueller
The surprise Mueller indictment tells us how we’ve been wrong about Russian trolls Henry Farrell - February 16, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69343" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The silhouette of Robert S. Mueller
Were those Russian social media ads powerful enough to influence us? Let’s look at the evidence. Babak Bahador - November 14, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66209" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Some of the Facebook ads linked
People are hyperventilating over a study of Russian propaganda on Facebook. Just breathe deeply. David Karpf - October 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64764" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A 3D plastic representation of the