Unmasking the fake MAGA accounts: stolen photos and digital lies
Fake accounts posing as young American women are spreading pro-Trump content online, using and manipulating images of European influencers.
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CIR
- Aug 13
- 6 min
Using open source to analyse breaking news events
Investigator Stefanie Le explores Trump's assassination attempt and the online misinformation that followed.
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CIR
- Aug 6
- 4 min
How disinformation is increasingly weaponised against women and minority groups
A new CIR report explores the ins and outs of identity-based disinformation, demonstrating its online and offline impact.
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CIR
- May 23
- 3 min
Pro-Kremlin content targets South African social media users, pushing narratives around Ukrainian neo-Nazism
Narratives were spread through official Kremlin-aligned and controlled channels, but also via Western-based social media influencers.
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CIR
- May 15
- 6 min
How the Kremlin launders disinformation around the globe
CIR explores the Russian influence operations that have attempted to spread disinformation, sow division and undermine democracy.
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Ross Burley
- Apr 22
- 3 min
The CIR Open Source Film Awards
The transcript of the opening speech at the CIR Open Source Film Awards.
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Myanmar Witness
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Myanmar state run media rejects evidence of deadly airstrikes in Tamu township
Routes according to the reports from two Telegram channels via Myanmar Witness report On 7 January 2024, claims circulated online that...
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Francesca Gentile
- Dec 11, 2023
- 9 min
Indonesian News Outlet Promotes Russian Narratives on YouTube
By Francesca Gentile A joint CIR investigation finds that last year’s YouTube award for the most-viewed news channel in Indonesia was...
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CIR
- Jul 7, 2023
- 8 min
Off-course: Disinformation and conspiracy theories in the aftermath of the central Kramatorsk strike
By Pierre Vaux. This report includes links to graphic footage showing injured civilians and damage to civilian infrastructure. Summary On...
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Nina Jankowicz
- Mar 28, 2023
- 3 min
Reflecting on Five Years of Work on Gendered Disinformation
Over five years ago, in December 2017, I published a piece in Coda Story entitled “How Disinformation Became a New Threat to Women.” It...
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CIR
- Mar 27, 2023
- 1 min
The Kremlin's winter offensive to stoke "Ukraine Fatigue"
A new report from the Centre for Information Resilience shows how Kremlin disinformation efforts coalesced around a ‘Winter offensive’...
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CIR
- Feb 17, 2023
- 7 min
Fake letter from Michael Gove part of wider Russian disinformation campaign on Ukranian refugees
Fake letter from Michael Gove part of wider Russian disinformation campaign on refugees Over the weekend of February 11th, a photograph...
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Ross Burley
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
Our end of year roundup
It’s been an exceptionally busy year at the Centre for Information Resilience. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has, rightly, dominated the...
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Elise Thomas
- Oct 3, 2022
- 13 min
Explainer: The foreign observers behind Ukraine’s sham referenda
By Elise Thomas REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Last week, Russian forces in occupied Ukraine and their local collaborators put on a...
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Elise Thomas
- Jun 8, 2022
- 6 min
Russian Disinformation in the Central African Republic
The battle for public opinion in Africa about the war in Ukraine is far from won. A combination of complex geopolitical circumstances,...
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CIR
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Revealed: "Real Sikh" influence network pushing Indian nationalism
A coordinated influence operation on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram is using fake personas acting as influencers within the Sikh...
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Ross Burley
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
Time for footballers to stand up to vaccine disinformation
Countering disinformation really does require an all of society approach. It’s not merely the responsibility of journalists, politicians...
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Ross Burley
- Aug 5, 2021
- 2 min
Revealed: coordinated attempt to push pro-China, anti-Western narratives on social media
The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) today revealed a network of social media accounts that distort international perceptions on...
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CIR
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
How India is confronting disinformation on social media around the elections
CIR's Director of Investigations, Benjamin Strick, talked to NPR about how hashtags can be hijacked and manipulated with bias narratives...
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CIR
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
Launch of the Africa Resilience Network
The Centre for Information Resilience is delighted to be supporting the Institute for War & Peace Reporting to launch a unique programme...
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