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How IS uses Pashto on X to avoid detection

How IS uses Pashto on X to avoid detection

IS extremists are posting in the low-resource language to evade detection on X, a tactic that exposes the platform’s vulnerability.
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Unveiling Resistor Newswire’s covert media tactics

Unveiling Resistor Newswire’s covert media tactics

The Kremlin’s newest covert influence campaign reveals Russsia’s evolving tactics for exploiting social divisions in the West.
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Five tactics digital extremists use to evade detection

Five tactics digital extremists use to evade detection

We tracked extremists online to show how they use new digital techniques to fly under the radar.
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Inside Kenya’s coordinated disinformation for hire

Inside Kenya’s coordinated disinformation for hire

Find out more about how Kenyan influencers profit from disseminating disinformation on the X platform and why this poses a threat to…
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Exposed: Coordinated Twitter network promotes Sudan’s RSF

Exposed: Coordinated Twitter network promotes Sudan’s RSF

The amplification of content that promotes Sudan’s paramilitary unit, Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Newsroom uses fake journalist to spread disinfo

Newsroom uses fake journalist to spread disinfo

Analysis suggests a staff writer at South Africa’s 3rd largest media group, Independent Media, is a fictitious ‘sock puppet’
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How a movie drew more eyes — and more influence for Russia in Africa

How a movie drew more eyes — and more influence for Russia in Africa

Revealed: pro-Russian social media assets amplified the Russia-CAR movie collaboration “Touriste” (The Tourist) across West Africa, trying…
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