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There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764
A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major platforms, grooming them, and extorting…
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White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram
Telegram is also a hugely powerful recruiting tool, giving this movement a platform free of censorship or restrictions to spread…
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Wagner Mutiny Puts Russia’s Military Bloggers on a Razor’s Edge | WIRED
On other parts of the app, silence spread through normally vocal accounts. That applied to more conventional propagandists, such as…
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A Small Town Became the Center of a QAnon Storm. It’s Fighting Back
In response, dozens of people arrived in Bodegraven in spring 2021 to express their sympathy for the children they believed,…
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Ukrainians’ Google Searches Reveal a Year of Fear—and Hope
Researchers jumped on the moment. In March 2022, Harvard University’s Ukrainian Research Institute began compiling a digital archive that includes…
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The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat
On the chilly, clear afternoon of February 24, 2022—the day Vladimir Putin’s forces launched their full-scale invasion of Ukraine—a handful…
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Brazil’s Far Right Plots Its Own January 6 Insurrection
People voting in Brazil’s October 2 elections have been subjected to a deluge of misinformation and disinformation on social media…
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Telegram Has a Serious Doxing Problem
Burmese influencer Han Nyein Oo rose to prominence in 2020, posting memes and gossip about Burmese celebrities on Facebook to…
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Assange’s NFT Clock Sale Rides a Wave of DAO Crowdfunding
On February 3, the group started accepting ether donations on crypto crowdfunding platform Juicebox, eventually raising some $52 million. In…
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How Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook
Since January 6, 2021, meanwhile, the app’s position among the Trump movement has continued to consolidate. Channels owned by far-right…
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