Dismantling the Disinformation Business of Chinese Influence Operations
In recent years, much attention has been drawn to the potential for social media manipulation to disrupt democratic societies. The U.S. Intelligence Community’s 2023...
Tankies: A Data-driven Understanding of Left-Wing Extremists on Social Media
Introduction In an era where social media has become a powerful platform for political discourse and activism, the narratives of extremism have found fertile...
Can Threads replace Twitter as Washington’s political watercooler?
A week after Meta launched Threads, a Twitter doppelgänger disguised as Instagram-but-for-text, Washington’s professional posters are watching it closely, curious to see whether it...
Instagram boss says Threads isn’t for politics and news
Instagram head Adam Mosseri has a message for the masses hoping that Meta’s Threads can be Twitter 2.0: Don’t hold your breath. Mosseri made...
Why social media is being blamed for fuelling riots in France
Paris, July 1 — Social media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country’s president blames TikTok, Snapchat and...
How to Find Trustworthy Political Content on YouTube
YouTube might be the world’s biggest repository of news, political information, and generally accessible knowledge. Unfortunately, it also might be the world’s biggest repository...
Fake social media profiles wage “organised” propaganda campaign on COP28
Over a hundred Twitter profiles are suspected of a coordinated effort to influence opinion online. The Cop28 team says these activities are “unacceptable”. Fake...
Why the press and the internet must remain uncensored
FROM 1947, Republican Senator Joe McCarthy was able to enthral the US public with the Red Scare, weaponising blacklists and personal attacks for a...
TikTok security risks: Should you delete the app? SA expert says it’s probably not the worst
Over the last week, the European Union (EU), US and Canada banned the use of TikTok on staff and official devices, citing security and...
Dark Net, Social Media and Extremism: Addressing Indonesian Counterterrorism on the Internet
It is not a novel fact that social media opens doors for extremist groups in Indonesia. A number of studies and investigations have continuously...