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Far-Right Extremism
Amplifying Far-Right Voices: A Case Study on Inauthentic Tactics Used by the Eric Zemmour Campaign
September 28, 2022
ISD finds evidence that the campaign team of Eric Zemmour deployed prohibited social media tactics on Facebook and Twitter to create a distorted perception of support ahead of the 2022 presidential and legislative elections in France.
Public Health
Monkeypox and ‘groomers’: How Twitter facilitated a hate-riddled public health disinformation campaign
August 16, 2022
ISD's Aoife Gallagher tracked the discussion of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak and its transmission in children, charting its rapid descent into an anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation campaign.
Democratic Integrity
French online ecosystem found to be resilient despite worrying threats during the 2022 elections
June 28, 2022
In response to major concerns around disinformation attacks during the 2022 French elections, the Online Election Integrity Watch Group brought together for the first-time a group of researchers to monitor information manipulation online meant to sway public opinion.
