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JUST OUT: 9 takedowns in our April CIB report. Primarily domestic ops: Palestine, linked to Fatah; Azerbaijan, linked to individuals associated with defence ministry; Central African Republic, linked to local

NEW: A Russian operation posed as a far-right website to target U.S. divisions and the election.Most active on Gab and Parler.A few months old.Looks related to the IRA-linked PeaceData (which

One of the biggest challenges with influence ops is measuring their impact. Here's a way to do it. Six categories, based on IO spread through communities and across platforms.Designed to

BREAKING: Multiple platforms took down assets from various Russian info ops today.The ops did *not* primarily target the US election. Much more on RU strategic concerns.@Facebook kicked this off. Reports

BREAKING: @Facebook took down a small, recently created network linked to “individuals associated with past activity by the Russian Internet Research Agency.” Based on a website; Targeted progressives; Small %

BREAKING: UK gov't "almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 General Election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked Government documents." These were the

BREAKING: @Facebook just took down four networks for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Attributions include: - "some of the employees of the offices of (...) Eduardo Bolsonaro, Flavio Bolsonaro and Jair Bolsonaro";

This seems a good moment to highlight the importance of keeping perspective and sticking to the evidence. A few thoughts on "bot networks" in general, and Chinese info ops in

JUST OUT: Iranian state-aligned info ops have been targeting coronavirus over the past few weeks. They've struggled to break through, thanks to repeated exposure and takedowns. New report from the