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Graphika's Dr. John Kelly spoke with CBS News' Lesley Stahl for @60Minutes Overtime, unpacking how #Graphika sees extremist groups and state-backed actors spreading narratives, building influence, and reaching new audiences.
They also discussed how artificial intelligence is changing the amplification game by generating high quality, engaging imagery that creates a lasting attention-grabbing, emotional impact.
Learn more about what he had to say and watch the full segment: graphika.com/posts/graphika-…
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The pro-Chinese propaganda network Graphika dubbed #Spamouflage has begun to break out of its echo chamber of fake accounts and reach real social media users, including some heavyweight influencers.
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Today @graphika_nyc published an extensive report detailing the infrastructure of a vast group of network assets connected to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, called Ants in a Web: graphika.com/antsinaweb
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Our latest report examines a campaign attributed by @Facebook to an Indian PR Firm that created inauthentic accounts and used coordinated behavior to post anti-Saudi, anti-Emirati, pro-Qatar, and football-related content. Read the full report here:
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New Report: Facebook takedown of Russian, IRA-linked operation targeting US and other countries that used AI-generated profile pictures, employed unwitting content creators, used carefully crafted accounts and used pinpoint precision: graphika.com/reports/ira-aga…
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Today @Graphika_NYC published Posing as Patriots, our investigation into efforts by Russia-linked actors to target U.S. far-right communities on Gab, Parler, and patriots[.]win using a host of custom memes and photos: graphika.com/patriots
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Our latest report details @Facebook’s takedown of 324 pages, 71 Facebook accounts, 5 private groups, and 31 Instagram accounts linked to the Zanyari Agency, part of the intelligence services of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Visit: graphika.com/kurdistantakedo…
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Graphika’s latest research dives deep into #SecondaryInfektion, a 6 year campaign featuring more than 2,500 pieces of content on over 300 platforms. Explore the extensive report at secondaryinfektion.org
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An analysis of Graphika’s QAnon network map, which was captured in March 2020 and contains close to 14,000 Twitter accounts, indicates that 60% of these accounts are no longer online following Twitter’s latest action. graphika.com/posts/disqualif…
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#Graphika's new report, The #Americans is out today.
It details how Chinese state-linked influence operation #Spamouflage has become more aggressive in its efforts to influence U.S. political conversations ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
graphika.com/reports/the-ame…
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The network has also repeatedly facilitated online and offline harassment campaigns against anti-CCP dissidents and other perceived enemies. Often, these have led to attacks, assaults and other real-world harms.
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A suspected Russian operation targeted far-right American users on platforms including Gab and Parler, and resembled a recent IRA-linked operation that targeted progressives.
Read the full report here:
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The network is a sprawling, interconnected web of entities including media figures, content creators, publishing platforms, non-profits, financial schemes, a faux “government” and more, all organized under the guise of a global grassroots movement.
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The activity defies characterization as a media organization or an influence operation, and has engaged hundreds of authentic users. We observed this trend with the @2020Partnership -- real people coordinating online to spread false or misleading information.
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Today @Graphika_NYC has published Viral Vendetta - a new investigation into an anti-vaccine conspiracy movement that has engaged in repeated acts of online and real-world harm. Read more here: graphika.com/viral-vendetta
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Graphika has been analyzing the growth and evolution of the #QAnon community on an ongoing basis for over two years. Our latest report from resident expert @MelanieFSmith details our findings.
Read the full report:
graphika.com/SocialQs
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For the first time, Graphika has observed a state-aligned information operation promoting video footage of AI-generated fictitious people. Read more in our latest #Spamouflage report: graphika.com/spamouflage-dee…
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The COVID-19 "Infodemic" Report: A Preliminary Analysis of the Online Conversation Surrounding the #Coronavirus Pandemic from December to March. graphika.com/infodemic
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John Kelly and Camille Francois of @Graphika_Inc co-authored a new report with @oiioxford for the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the scale of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and beyond. Read the full report here: bit.ly/2SSYFe2
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The videos uncovered praise China, criticize the U.S., and attack the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement and exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
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Beginning tonight, @VICE will air a 3-part series on QAnon, "QAnon: The Search for Q," tracking the rise of the conspiracy movement up to its major role in the Capitol riot. Catch our Head of Analysis @MelanieFSmith in episode 3 on Thursday, Jan 28: vice.com/en/article/dy8ww7/w…
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This report builds on our previous investigation into a fake right-wing media outlet called NAEBC which has been linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency graphika.com/stepintomyparle…
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Graphika has been named #10 Most Innovative in @FastCompany #FCMostInnovative Companies 2021, ranking organizations making the most profound impact on both industry and culture around the globe.
Read More:
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Today @Graphika_NYC posted a new report, Hammering Hirak, which details the work of a multi-year information operation designed to manipulate Algeria’s online political discourse and suppress dissident voices graphika.com/hammering-hirak
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The newly-identified activity shows how the same actors have doubled down on efforts to target far-right American audiences, making use of alternative social media platforms
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The accounts posted about politically-divisive issues including voter fraud allegations, racial inequality, police violence, and the U.S. government’s response to Covid-19. They also took particular aim at Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden.
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The #QAnon worldview has acted as a catalyst for the convergence of online networked conspiracy communities, anti-vaxx and anti-tech alike. Today from #Graphika, Erin McAweeney explores the mainstreaming of QAnon during the pandemic.
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A new report from Graphika explores Facebook’s takedown of 500 accounts, groups, pages, and Instagram accounts from around the world, associated with Truth Media, that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior.
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A joint report from @iftf, @Graphika_NYC, and @IRIglobal traces the digital fingerprints of Chinese #disinformation in #Taiwan, revealing campaigns targeting Taiwan’s 2020 presidential election and its response to COVID-19.
Read the full report: graphika.com/digitalfingerpr…
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Major congratulations to Camille Francois (@camillefrancois), @Graphika_Inc’s Chief Innovation Officer, who joins the #Visionaries category of the @MIT @techreview #35InnovatorsUnder35! bit.ly/2ZMGJpc
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The @2020Partnership today published results of our months-long effort to track & respond to 2020 US electoral mis- and disinformation. “The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Elections” details findings, with a resulting set of policy recommendations: graphika.com/eip
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Our latest report explores the takedown of a network of roughly 300 assets across multiple platforms attributed to members of Russia’s military, including actors associated with election interference in the US in the past.
Read it here:
graphika.com/GRUminions
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Tune in soon to catch the premiere of @alexgibneyfilm's Agents of Chaos, featuring @Graphika's Chief Innovation Officer @camillefrancois who dives deep on Russian disinformation targeting the 2016 US presidential elections
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NEW RESEARCH: Suspected-Russian actors are using fake personas on alt-tech platforms to target right-wing U.S. audiences with divisive political narratives, according to the latest report by @Graphika_NYC & @stanfordio. Read more here: graphika.com/bad-reputation
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Engagement levels and volume of posts for #Russian state-controlled media have plummeted a year after the invasion of #Ukraine, illustrating the impact social media platforms can have in limiting the reach of actors engaged in overt influence operations. graphika.com/lose-influence
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The second official #China-linked disinformation takedown from @Facebook today. Our report #OperationNavalGazing studies the campaign's obsession with maritime security, especially the achievements of the Chinese Navy.
Read the full report: graphika.com/NavalGazing
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Our latest report, #UKTradeLeaks by @benimmo finds that operators keen to hide their identities disseminated leaked UK/US trade documents in a similar fashion to Russian operation “Secondary Infektion”, exposed in June 2019 graphika.com/tradeleaks
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A look inside the sprawling online network that spreads #climate misinformation to Spanish-speaking communities around the world, authored by Graphika’s Cristina López G. (@crislopezg) and Santiago Lakatos in partnership with @greenlatinos and @foe_us.
graphika.com/eco-ilogicos
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Our latest investigation by @benimmo finds state-controlled media outlets and official public diplomacy accounts in China, Iran, and Russia are using the anti-racism protests in the United States to further their existing narratives.
Read it here: graphika.com/posts/briefing-…
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#AgentsofChaos, a two-part documentary on electoral manipulation, directed by Academy Award-winner @alexgibneyfilm premieres Sept 23. Graphika’s Chief Innovation Officer @camillefrancois explains Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential elections: piped.video/watch?v=M-OA7H8D…
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We are extremely pleased to welcome @benimmo to the Graphika family to lead our investigations team in the fight against #disinformation.
Excited to announce that as of today, I have a new job as Director of Investigations at @Graphika_Inc.
Still studying disinformation, information operations, influence ops, and all the joys of digital deception, because yep, it's still going on.
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We’re #hiring a new investigative analyst to join our extraordinary team, leading in-depth and rigorous investigations on information operations and #disinformation campaigns. Interested? Apply at: grnh.se/bc14725f2us
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In conjunction with latest round of takedowns by @Facebook, three new reports from Graphika land today. The first looks at over 500 pages, groups, and accounts attributed to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Corporation, or IRIB, the Iranian state.
graphika.com/IRIBtakedown
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Check out the latest report report from @Graphika_NYC and @DFRLab on #OperationFFS, a takedown of over 900 pages by @facebook for large-scale inauthentic behavior. graphika.com/FFS
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Today, Graphika issued a report detailing the #takedown of several inauthentic Myanmar-based networks. Full context and details are available to read here: graphika.com/MyanmarIB
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Our Head of Analysis @MelanieFSmith spoke today with members of the House Committee on Intelligence about the threats QAnon and conspiracy theories pose to democracy. For her full testimony, visit graphika.com/QAnonTestimony
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Today, @Graphika_NYC published a first-of-its-kind #takedown of rivaling Russian information operations targeting the Central African Republic (CAR). The report with full details is online here: graphika.com/reports/more-tr…
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Get to know Graphika’s Chief Innovation Officer, @camillefrancois, featured in @marieclaire's 25th anniversary edition issue dedicated to highlighting women who are changing the future, through entertainment, technology, activism, or science. tinyurl.com/y4qsjbxd
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#Facebook just announced its takedown of a Russian operation targeting the 2020 elections, and partnered with #Graphika for an in-depth analysis of that campaign. Our report here: graphika.com/copypasta
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We are honored to share that Graphika has been named #1 Most Innovative Security Company in @FastCompany #FCMostInnovative Companies 2021 for tracking disinformation campaigns around the world through the 2020 elections and beyond.
Read more:
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“One really important point is that repeated Russian operations have masqueraded as hyper-partisan American users...if you didn’t have American trolls, the Russian operators wouldn’t have anyone to pretend to be." #IRACopyPasta axios.com/newsletters/axios-…
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The latest report from Graphika explores harassment dynamics within the #TaylorSwift fandom, providing a fascinating look at the ways fandoms split into factions and the behaviors they engage in to establish their preferred narratives. graphika.com/badblood
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Working with data released by Facebook, Reddit, and Medium, Graphika identified 44 new stories launched by a Russian information operation. Read our report for the latest details. graphika.com/tradeleaks2
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We are so proud to see our Chief Innovation Officer, @camillefrancois included in the inaugural #TIME100Next list. Learn more about her work fighting online #disinformation, thanks to @markwarner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee: time.com/collection/time-100…
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Fake accounts appearing to be the work of a single entity quote #BramStoker and boost a known pro-China spam network. While accounts like these may appear insignificant individually, they can feed larger, more sophisticated operations.
Read more:
graphika.com/draculasbotnet
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The latest report from @Graphika_NYC details a long-running Iranian influence operation's return to social media with anti-US and pro-China messaging. graphika.com/IranCovid
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Catching up with today's @HouseIntel hearing on foreign interference & election security with @Facebook, @Google and @Twitter. What an honor to see our work mentioned not once, not twice, but three times by both Representatives and platforms on The Hill!
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Graphika has identified a coordinated and sustained effort to promote narratives critical of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (@iingwen) following U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s (@speakerpelosi) visit to Taiwan in August this year. graphika.com/posts/trolling-…
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Following up on @Facebook’s takedown today, the latest report from Graphika analyzes how GRU operators leveraged blogs, social media accounts and private messaging to reach audiences across Europe. Read the full report here: graphika.com/russiablogs
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Disinformation is a likely Russian #IO strategy in the runup to the 2020 presidential elections. Journalists are facing new risk, and new responsibility, in a disinformation era. Thanks to @a_greenberg for chatting about how we can tackle this issue. wired.com/story/russia-buris…
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Join us next Tuesday, Nov 10 for a debrief on the work of the @2020Partnership around electoral mis- and #disinformation atlanticcouncil.org/event/di…
Join the @2020Partnership members @DFRLab, @Graphika_NYC, @stanfordio, and @uwcip on Tuesday for "Initial Reactions: Disinformation in 2020 Elections," a discussion on mis- and #disinformation they combatted up to and through #election2020. RSVP now!
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Also of note, the network promoted a homegrown “hacktivist” group that purported to gather and post private information about opposition. Intelligence-gathering efforts were later weaponized to intimidate and discredit victims.
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Graphika's Intel team is now #hiring for three roles: director of #investigations, #geopolitical #intelligence #analyst, and senior geopolitical intelligence analyst. Learn more at: graphika.com/careers
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Graphika has identified a sustained and coordinated effort to manipulate online conversations about #Taiwanese politics ahead of the country’s presidential election in January 2024. graphika.com/agitate-the-deb…
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John Kelly (@apidictionist), Graphika CEO shared his insights for the @nytimes about the growth of disinformation out of the political arena and into a Fortune 500 problem. Read the full story here: nytimes.com/2022/11/28/techn…
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#CYBERWARCON 2023 was a blast. A huge thank you to the organizers and speakers, including our own Léa Ronzaud, Arman Setser, and Kyle Weiss. See you next year!
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THIS JUST IN: How did misinformation spread during the 2016 presidential election and has anything changed since? One of the largest studies yet on the topic, supported by Knight Foundation and produced by Matthew Hindman of GWU in collaboration with Vlad Barash of #Graphika.
FACT: The vast majority of Twitter accounts that repeatedly spread “fake news” during the 2016 election campaign are still active today, and they publish more than a million tweets / day—via kf.org/misinfo, @MattHindman @Graphika_Inc
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A cluster of inauthentic Twitter accounts amplified and at times created articles attacking the Belgian government’s plans to limit access of “high-risk” suppliers to its #5G network, particularly Chinese firms #Huawei and #ZTE. Read the full report: graphika.com/prohuaweifakes
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In a new exclusive with @KateFazzini for @cnbc, @camillefrancois of @Graphika_Inc talks troll hunting innovation and shares unheard accounts of troll farm workers, many of whom didn’t know what they were getting into. cnb.cx/2WpHjIi
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New research by @Graphika_Inc found that Russian accounts 'densely connected' to the Internet Research Agency helped push the #NikeBoycott campaign. Read the full story at @WiredUK: bit.ly/2DJ7PaG
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IO campaigns often use memes, images, and visual techniques to disseminate their messages. Tracking their usage across campaigns is critical in understanding reach and targeting. Hear from our investigator @realShawnEib as he describes image tagging in @VortimoTech’s new tool.
Vortimo How-To: our guest @realShawnEib shows you his guitars and how to tag images in Vortimo like it was the 70s. piped.video/watch?v=TVX4OfrU…
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Today, we issued a report analyzing a takedown of Facebook accounts and pages violating its policy against foreign interference. The network was linked to a marketing agency based in Egypt that targeted audiences in Ethiopia, Sudan and Turkey.
Read here: graphika.com/beehavior
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Graphika is #LIVE now discussing the #COVID19 #Infodemic on the @WHO's pre-conference #infodemiology event streaming on youtube at:
piped.video/watch?v=OmuqK8Dr…
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Spamouflage Dragon is back, but in English. The pro-Chinese political spam network that #Graphika first exposed a year ago is now posting in English about US politics—and the #2020Election.
Read the full report:
Graphika.com/SpamouflageUS
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A pro-Chinese cross-platform political spam network dubbed “Spamouflage Dragon” came out of hiding, created new accounts and reactivated dormant ones to post about Hong Kong politics, Chinese regime critics and the Chinese response to #COVID19.
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Previous Viral SMS-Based #Disinformation Campaigns Warn Against Mistaking Online Pranksters for Foreign Russian Trolls - and Vice Versa. graphika.com/posts/prankster…
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How One Tweet Turned Pro-China Trolls Against the #NBA: a 'troll mob' analysis by Graphika’s head of investigations, @benimmo. wsj.com/articles/how-one-twe…
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"The way in which people encounter QAnon, now, is through relatively mainstream, non-absurd topics.” @MelanieFSmith speaks with @AmandaSeitz about the rise of the “Save the Children” effort from the QAnon conspiracy theory group: apnews.com/article/election-…
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A new report from @CNN featuring exclusive insights from Graphika's @jc_stubbs looks at numerous non-credible bomb threats that took place across swing states on Election Day, including via email addresses from Russian internet domains: graphika.com/posts/election-…
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Today @Graphika_NYC published a new report detailing an online political influence campaign targeting audiences in Pakistan: "Lights, Camera, Coordinated Action!" graphika.com/lights-camera.
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Just published in the democracy issue of @MIT’s @techreview: A graphical history of polarization online, as told through our experts @apidictionist and @camillefrancois. Many thanks to @glichfield and his team for helping to bring this project to fruition.
What filter bubbles actually look like: A graphical exploration of polarization by @apidictionist and @camillefrancois at @Graphika_Inc for the democracy issue of @techreview technologyreview.com/s/61180…
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Graphika's Chief Innovation Officer @camillefrancois shares a comprehensive examination of the IRA & the problem with using the term "Russian Playbook" when it comes to information operations, ahead of the 2020 US elections, with @lawfareblog:
🖊️ I wrote about the "Russian Playbook trope" for @lawfareblog. The overuse of this phrase warps our understanding of the broader ecosystem of disinformation actors and eclipses the complexity and evolution of Russian active measures online.
lawfareblog.com/moving-beyon…
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Suspected #Russian actors are engaged in a renewed effort to target far-right audiences in the U.S. with politically divisive messaging ahead of the #MidtermElections2022.
graphika.com/same-schmitz
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Today’s @Graphika_NYC report shows fake accounts and groups across social media aimed to influence environmental and political opinions during the pandemic in Brazil. The report can be found here. graphika.com/reports/slash-a…
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Understanding online communities is imperative to advance inclusion, human rights, and democratic principles. @TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 is now live, and @Graphika_NYC is proud to be a part of it! #TIME100Companies
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Artemisinin: Guo Wengui Is Borrowing Anti-Vaxx Tactics to Promote a New “Miracle Cure”
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Graphika's Arman Setser, Libby Lange, Kyle Weiss, and Vladimir Barash detail a model of large-scale social media data analysis that allows for multilingual conversations to be analyzed in depth across any number of social media platforms simultaneously.
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Check out Graphika investigative analyst @Lea_Ronzaud providing insight for the latest episode of #ThePivot by @MaltegoHQ.
Join us for an episode full of learnings with @Lea_Ronzaud & our host @shibasec to find out how she goes about recognizing when activities on social media lead to bigger revelations in investigations
Check out the episode here: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e…
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Today, Graphika issued a report detailing the #takedown of a small network of inauthentic accounts posting about political, activist and social topics in Spanish & English. Read the report for full details here: graphika.com/inauthenthicact…
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As told by @MelanieFSmith in @Yahoo: "The notable absence of ‘Q’ in the postelection conversation has meant that we have seen influencers taking on a prominent role in interpreting events" news.yahoo.com/life-after-q-…
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Graphika is proud to support @Pinterest in its work curbing the spread of mis/disinformation online while protecting civic engagement. Election integrity is at the heart of any democracy, and we are committed to fostering a safe environment for authentic discourse.
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Huge thanks to @AmericanGeo for hosting our CEO, John Kelly (@apidictionist) at @geography2050 to explore the geography of #cybersocialterrain. #geography2050
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Don’t miss the latest episode of #YourUndividedAttention from @HumaneTech_ featuring @camillefrancois, Chief Innovation Officer at Graphika, exploring complex, nuanced solutions to the evolving battle against online disinformation. humanetech.com/podcast/31-di…
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Join our CEO, John Kelly (@apidictionist) at the @FastCompany #FCMostInnovative Summit to discuss how disinformation is migrating to the corporate world: "Fake News 101: What the Rise of Misinformation Campaigns Means for Business" events.fastcompany.com/?i=kU…
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A new report from Graphika provides a play by play of how the “DCblackout” hashtag spread, and spread fear.
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Is there a life cycle of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation? NPR's @gbrumfiel speaks with @MelanieFSmith to examine how and why damaging misinformation about female fertility and the vaccine emerged and amplified through platforms and mainstream media: npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Today, Graphika issued a report detailing the #takedown of a network of Iranian operators impersonating anti-Netanyahu “Black Flag” protestors to amplify Iranian narratives. Read the report for full details here: graphika.com/CaptureTheFlag
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Catch our VP of Intelligence Jack Stubbs (@jc_stubbs) speak with @IsobelYeung on @VICE about Guo Wengui and his influence in the US: “Take Down the CCP & World’s Coolest Dictator.”
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Check out our new blog post: “The Cyber-Social Geography of the Internet” graphika.com/blog/2015/6/23/… #BigData #Analytics
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“The tactics are exactly what we’ve come to expect from these actors since 2016. They use fake personas to imitate, infiltrate, and attempt to influence a specific online community,” Tyler Williams (@brdcrmbs1), director of investigations at @Graphika_NYC, tells @RollingStone.
When Donald Trump Jr. reposted a conspiracy theory about Ivermectin and oil supplies, he thought it was from a Kid Rock fan account.
It was a Russian troll, trying to meddle in the U.S. election.
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On last night's @60Minutes, insights from #Graphika were cited in a story about websites and apps that can turn real photos of someone into realistic nude images - a growing problem for students in schools nationwide.
Watch the full story below!
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