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Marietje Schaake of CPC named in POLITICO’s annual ranking of the 28 power players behind Europe’s tech revolution.

Publications

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    My Heart Loves the Army: An Investigation into a Jordanian Disinformation Campaign on Facebook, TikTok and Twitter (TAKEDOWN)
    Shelby Grossman, Elena Cryst, Renee DiResta, Carly Miller, K.H., Rajeev Sharma, Chase Small, Julia Thompson
    White Papers
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    Stanford Internet Observatory: 2019-2021
    Annual Reports
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    The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election
    Stanford Internet Observatory, Samantha Bradshaw, Daniel Bush, Elena Cryst, Renee DiResta, Isabella Garcia-Camargo, Josh A. Goldstein, Shelby Grossman, Carly Miller, Shelby Perkins, Alex Stamos, David Thiel, Alex Zaheer, Matt Masterson
    Books
    On January 6, 2021, an armed mob stormed the US Capitol to prevent the certification of what they claimed was a “fraudulent election.” Many Americans were shocked, but they needn’t have been. The...
  4. The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: How the State Shapes Private Governance book cover
    The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: How the State Shapes Private Governance
    Books
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    One Face, Many Names: An Investigation into Fake NGOs and Media Outlets Linked to Harouna Douamba on and off Facebook (TAKEDOWN)
    Lindsay Hundley, Renee DiResta, Josh A. Goldstein, Shelby Grossman, Cooper Reed, Adriana Stephan, Julia Thompson
    White Papers
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Fronts & Friends: An Investigation into Two Twitter Networks Linked to Russian Actors (TAKEDOWN)
  • Renee DiResta, Shelby Grossman
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Viva la #Resistance? Now-Suspended Twitter Accounts from Iran Claim #Resistance Personas in US Politics and Middle Eastern Affairs (TAKEDOWN)
  • Josh A. Goldstein, Lindsay Hundley
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Sockpuppets Target Nagorno-Karabakh (TAKEDOWN)
  • Elena Cryst, Shelby Grossman
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White Papers
Self-harm Policies and Internet Platforms
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Contours and Controversies of Parler
  • David Thiel, Renee DiResta, Shelby Grossman, Elena Cryst
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Staying Current: an Investigation into a Now-Suspended Facebook Network Promoting the Palestinian Democratic Reform Current (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Gil Baram, Josh A. Goldstein, Carly Miller
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Stoking Conflicts by Keystroke: An Operation Run by IRA-Linked Individuals Targeting Libya, Sudan, and Syria (TAKEDOWN)
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Pandemics & propaganda: how Chinese state media creates and propagates CCP coronavirus narratives
  • Vanessa Molter, Renee DiResta
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The Ministry of Made-Up Pages: Yemen-Based Actors Impersonate Government Agencies to Spread Anti-Houthi Content (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Ala’ Alrababa’h, Josh A. Goldstein, Natasha Patel, Shelby Perkins, Abuzar Royesh
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#ZakzakyLifeMatters: An Investigation into a Facebook Operation Linked to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Sean Gallagher, Ada Johnson-Kanu, Nicole Wilson, David Thiel
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Reply-Guys Go Hunting: An Investigation into a U.S. Astroturfing Operation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (TAKEDOWN)
  • Stanford Internet Observatory
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An Investigation into a Female-Focused Online Campaign in Iran and Afghanistan targeting Afghans (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Renee DiResta, Lindsay Hundley, Sejal Jhawer, Tara Kheradpir, Abuzar Royesh, David Thiel
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Hello from the Other Side: An Investigation into a Musical Pro-Muslim Brotherhood Disinformation Operation (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Maria Fernanda Porras, Khadeja Ramali, David Thiel
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Slanted Narratives, Social Media, and Foreign Influence in Libya
  • Shelby Grossman, Katie Jonsson, Nicholas Lyon, Lydia Sizer
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Cheerleading Without Fans: A Low-Impact Domestic Information Operation by the Royal Thai Army (TAKEDOWN)
  • Josh A. Goldstein, Aim Sinpeng, Daniel Bush, Ross Ewald, Jennifer John, David Thiel
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Royal Sockpuppets and Handle Switching: How a Saudi Arabia-Linked Twitter Network Stoked Rumors of a Coup in Qatar (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Khadija H., Emily Ross, David Thiel
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DeZurdaTeam: A Twitter network promotes pro-Cuba hashtags (TAKEDOWN)
  • Elena Cryst, Shelby Perkins
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Bolivarian Factions: Facebook takes down inauthentic assets (TAKEDOWN)
  • Elena Cryst, Esteban Ponce de León, Daniel Suárez Pérez, Shelby Perkins, David Thiel
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Reporting for Duty: How A Network of Pakistan-Based Accounts Leveraged Mass Reporting to Silence Critics (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Ross Ewald, Jennifer John, Asfandyar Mir, Kim Ngo, Natasha Patel, A. R.
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Telling China’s Story: The Chinese Communist Party’s Campaign to Shape Global Narratives
  • Renee DiResta, Carly Miller, Vanessa Molter, John Pomfret, Glenn Tiffert
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Cheburashka, Soros, Hillary’s Fly: Dispatches from the June 2020 Twitter Inauthentic Activity Takedown (TAKEDOWN)
  • Daniel Bush, Renee DiResta
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Sockpuppets Spin COVID Yarns: An Analysis of PRC-Attributed June 2020 Twitter takedown (TAKEDOWN)
  • Carly Miller, Vanessa Molter, Isabella Garcia-Camargo, Renee DiResta, David Thiel, Alex Zaheer
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Political Retweet Rings and Compromised Accounts: A Twitter Influence Operation Linked to the Youth Wing of Turkey’s Ruling Party (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Fazil Alp Akis, Ayça Alemdaroğlu, Josh A. Goldstein, Katie Jonsson, Isabella Garcia-Camargo, David Thiel, Alex Zaheer
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“The World is Swimming in a Sea of Rumors”: Influence Operations Associated with El Fagr Newspaper (Egypt) (TAKEDOWN)
  • Renee DiResta, Tara Kheradpir, Carly Miller
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Blame it on Iran, Qatar, and Turkey: An analysis of a Twitter and Facebook operation linked to Egypt, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia (TAKEDOWN)
  • Shelby Grossman, Khadija H, Renee DiResta, Tara Kheradpir, Carly Miller
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“Fighting Like a Lion for Serbia”: An Analysis of Government-Linked Influence Operations in Serbia (TAKEDOWN)
  • Daniel Bush
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#VivaJOH o #FueraJOH: An analysis of Twitter’s takedown of Honduran accounts (TAKEDOWN)
  • Elena Cryst, Isabella Garcia-Camargo
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Analysis of Twitter Takedown of State-Backed Operation Attributed to Saudi Arabian Digital Marketing Firm Smaat (TAKEDOWN)
  • Renee DiResta, Shelby Grossman, K.H., Carly Miller
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Potemkin Pages & Personas: Assessing GRU Online Operations, 2014-2019
  • Renee DiResta, Shelby Grossman
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Evidence of Russia-Linked Influence Operations in Africa
  • Shelby Grossman, Daniel Bush, Renee DiResta