Stanford University

The Stanford Internet Observatory conducts broad, interdisciplinary research that blends rigorous academic work with timely reports and commentary to inform decision makers on critical issues. Our research is loosely broken into four categories, although our outputs often integrate elements from multiple categories. Our researchers—from students to postdocs, young professionals to experienced experts—have contributed to, among other topics, significant findings on the tactics behind online information sharing, the dynamics of alt-platforms, and content moderation tools, and our team has continued to build technical tooling that facilitates better real-time online research.

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Case Studies

Reporting for Duty: How A Network of Pakistan-Based Accounts Leveraged Mass Reporting to Silence Critics

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The Ministry of Made-Up Pages: Yemen-Based Actors Impersonate Government Agencies to Spread Anti-Houthi Content

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White Papers

Telling China’s Story: The Chinese Communist Party’s Campaign to Shape Global Narratives

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Cheburashka, Soros, Hillary’s Fly: Dispatches from the June 2020 Twitter Inauthentic Activity Takedown

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Sockpuppets Spin COVID Yarns: An Analysis of PRC-Attributed June 2020 Twitter takedown

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Political Retweet Rings and Compromised Accounts: A Twitter Influence Operation Linked to the Youth Wing of Turkey’s Ruling Party

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Journal Articles

Pandemics & propaganda: how Chinese state media creates and propagates CCP coronavirus narratives

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Harvard Misinformation Review,
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#VivaJOH o #FueraJOH: An analysis of Twitter’s takedown of Honduran accounts

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“The World is Swimming in a Sea of Rumors”: Influence Operations Associated with El Fagr Newspaper (Egypt)

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“Fighting Like a Lion for Serbia”: An Analysis of Government-Linked Influence Operations in Serbia

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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

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Analysis of Twitter Takedown of State-Backed Operation Attributed to Saudi Arabian Digital Marketing Firm Smaat

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White Papers

Potemkin Pages & Personas: Assessing GRU Online Operations, 2014-2019

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Evidence of Russia-Linked Influence Operations in Africa

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Testimonies

Artificial Intelligence and Counterterrorism: Possibilities and Limitations

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Securing American Elections: Prescriptions for Enhancing the Integrity and Independence of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and Beyond

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