Blog post – DisinfoDB

Mapping Redditors’ attack on Kelloggs to the DISARM framework

In this post I’ll provide an overview of which DISARM techniques were used to achieve tactical goals in Redditors’ Influence Operation against Kelloggs

Reddit Mind-Hacktivists conduct a Disinformation Campaign against Kelloggs

Let’s kick things off with some of the good stuff; a video someone made showing them creating a bot which automates the Production and Publication of disinformation: It’s worth stating at this point I am not taking a moral stance when I call this disinformation; it just meets that criteria – i.e. knowingly spreading informationContinue reading “Reddit Mind-Hacktivists conduct a Disinformation Campaign against Kelloggs”

How Facebook’s Algorithm amplifies extremist disinformation to new members of the platform

Facebook’s algorithms actively promote groups dedicated to extremist disinformation narratives (more than you would expect extremist groups to be promoted), which amplifies their reach.

Bloggy: More stuff for DDB

I stopped updating this website for a while. I wanted to look at why that happened, what was good about my ideas for DDB, what wasn’t so good, how I can improve and what I want to do next. What was my original goal? I decided to try to document and categorise articles I readContinue reading “Bloggy: More stuff for DDB”

Information Laundering with American Pornographic Actor Johnny Sins

I recently spotted a pretty perfect example of how someone might go about Information Laundering through a public figure. In this case reporter Ken Klippenstein targeted an anti-vaccine proponent active on Twitter. Ken sent the following private message to their account: In this case Ken pretended to be a fan reaching out to compliment theirContinue reading “Information Laundering with American Pornographic Actor Johnny Sins”

Information Laundering: Interactive Lesson

I was recently reading “A Bible Burning, a Russian News Agency and a Story Too Good to Check Out“, an article dissecting the spread of an inauthentic narrative which framed participants of 2020 Black Lives Matter protesters as burning bibles en-masse. It talked about “information laundering”, a (very cool sounding) term which describes surreptitiously deliveringContinue reading “Information Laundering: Interactive Lesson”

Bill Gates and the Microchip Conspiracy

With the Coronavirus vaccine just over the temporal horizon people who are interested in disinformation are probably going to be having one or two conversations about vaccine conspiracies with friends and loved ones. To help people prepare for those conversations I recently created some e-learning content detailing the background of the conspiracy that the CoronavirusContinue reading “Bill Gates and the Microchip Conspiracy”