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Reports

Generative Language Models and Automated Influence Operations: Emerging Threats and Potential Mitigations

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Journal Articles

"Hey Beautiful"; Race and Gender on Tinder

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Reports

Bad Reputation

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Journal Articles

Shooting the Messenger: Remediation of Disclosed Vulnerabilities as CFAA “Loss”

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology ,
Reports

Research note: This salesperson does not exist: How tactics from political influence operations on social media are deployed for commercial lead generation

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Journal Articles

Uncommon Yet Consequential Online Harms

Case Studies

Unheard Voice: Evaluating five years of pro-Western covert influence operations

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Case Studies

A Front for Influence: An Analysis of a Pro-Kremlin Network Promoting Narratives on COVID-19 and Ukraine

Case Studies

Mind Farce: An Investigation into an Inauthentic Facebook and Instagram Network Linked to an Israeli Public Relations Firm

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Testimonies

Testimony by Renée DiResta to the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections

Journal Articles

Effectiveness of vaccination mandates in improving uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the USA

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The Lancet,
Journal Articles

Slanted Narratives, Social Media, and Foreign Influence in Libya

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Journal of Quantitative Description,
Reports

Gabufacturing Dissent: An in-depth analysis of Gab

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Journal Articles

Psychological Well-Being and Social Media Use: A Meta-Analysis of Associations between Social Media Use and Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, Eudaimonic, Hedonic and Social Well-Being

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SSRN,
Commentary

Seven tips for spotting disinformation related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Journal Articles

Content-Oblivious Trust and Safety Techniques: Results from a Survey of Online Service Providers

Journal of Online Trust and Safety,
Journal Articles

Playing Both Sides: Russian State-Backed Media Coverage of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

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The International Journal of Press/Politics,
Reports

Memes, Magnets and Microchips: Narrative dynamics around COVID-19 vaccines

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Virality Project,
Journal Articles

Googling for Abortion: Search Engine Mediation of Abortion Accessibility in the United States

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Journal of Quantitative Description,
Case Studies

A Selection of Final Projects from the Stanford Internet Observatory’s Online Open Source Investigation Course

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Stanford Internet Observatory,
Journal Articles

In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies

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Political Communication,
Case Studies

Seeing Double: Twitter Removes Network of Duplicate Accounts Cheerleading Mexican Political Allies

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Stanford Internet Observatory,
Case Studies

One Topic, Two Networks: Evaluating Two Chinese Influence Operations on Twitter Related to Xinjiang

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Stanford Internet Observatory,
Case Studies

Maduro’s Menagerie: Twitter Client Usage in a Venezuelan Twitter Operation

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Stanford Internet Observatory,
Case Studies

In Bed with Embeds: How a Network Tied to IRA Operations Created Fake “Man on the Street” Content Embedded in News Articles

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Stanford Internet Observatory,