Articles Archive - Centre for Information Resilience

Eyes on Russia Media Ukraine Russia Disinformation

Sep 18

How Russia’s war against Ukraine went from TV screens to battlefields

Hostile rhetoric on Russian state-controlled TV tried to lay the foundation for widespread acceptance of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Sudan Witness

Sep 13

“Let them feel pain”: Pro-SAF social media accounts celebrate and distort reports of airstrikes

A number of pro-SAF social media accounts and supporters spread hate speech and misinformation relating to reports of airstrikes in August.

Eyes on Russia Ukraine Russia

Sep 9

Tracing the Russian units responsible for drone attacks in Kherson

CIR collaborated with DW to investigate the targeting of civilians and vehicles in the Ukrainian city of Beryslav.

CIR US Election Fake Accounts Disinformation Social Media

Sep 6

Unmasking the fake MAGA accounts: stolen photos and digital lies

A network of fake accounts are posing as young American women and posting pro-Trump content online, but they’re hiding behind – and in some cases manipulating – the images of European fashion influencers.

CIR Afghanistan ISKP Islamic State

Sep 2

Surge in Islamic State Khorasan content online coincides with increased reports of linked activities and arrests in Europe and elsewhere

Afghan Witness data shows ISKP attacks have decreased inside Afghanistan, but reports highlight an uptick in linked activities and arrests outside the country amid an intensifying multi-lingual online campaign that draws recruits from Central Asia.

Afghan Witness Afghanistan OSINT

Sep 2

Afghanistan’s shrinking information environment

What is the information environment, and what challenges face Afghanistan’s own information space? How can we strengthen it?

Documentaries

Aug 28

Myanmar war – Airstrike and denial (who is telling the truth?) မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှစစ်ပွဲများ

An airstrike on Ka Nan village in Myanmar, analysed using open source investigative techniques (OSINT).

Documentaries

Aug 28

Meet the men burning down Sudan – تعرف على الرجال الذين يحرقون السودان.

The civil war in Sudan, a conflict between the RSF and SAF, analysed using open source investigative techniques (OSINT).

Afghan Witness Women's rights Gender-based violence Afghanistan Taliban

Aug 14

Afghan Witness report reveals ‘daily occurrence’ of gender-based violence under Taliban rule as women suffer ‘systematic erasure’ from public life

Three years on from the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, women are banned from education, work and most other areas of public life.

CIR Disinformation

Aug 13

Using open source to analyse breaking news events

When news breaks, misinformation can spread like wildfire. Stefanie Le, a senior CIR investigator based in Washington DC, discusses the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, the online misinformation that surrounded it, and how to use open source methods to try to make sense of it all.

Myanmar Witness Myanmar Education

Jul 19

Open source analysis finds increasing damage to Myanmar’s schools with more than 170 incidents since military coup

Damage to Myanmar's schools and universities has left a generation of school children “caught in the crossfire”.

Myanmar Witness Arms Guide

Jul 6

Myanmar Witness Small Arms Guide

This guide has analysed open sources of information, ranging from leaked military documentation to user-generated content (UGC) across social and broadcast media platforms, to identify and verify specific small arms and light weapons present across the conflict in Myanmar post February 2021 Coup.