The issue of public health measures has become a gateway and incubator for conspiracy theorists, far-right extremists and anti-vaxxers. This report by ISD Germany offers for the first time a comprehensive insight into the online networks of the vaccine-sceptic scene in Germany.
This report provides a snapshot of the different online communities involved in the promotion of hate and disinformation targeting refugees and the migration sector in 2020. It looks at networks of accounts in Greek, German and English language, and provides an overview of the narratives employed in anti-refugee disinformation and the dynamics which drive this activity online.
In deutschsprachigen sozialen Medien nehmen Kampagnen, die es zum Ziel haben, Zweifel an der Rechtmäßigkeit von Wahlen zu säen, an Fahrt auf. Dieser Kurzbericht des ISD Germany befasst sich mit Desinformationsversuchen im Kontext der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt.
This report provides an analysis of far-right mobilisation on Gab in Australia, based on the analysis of over 45,000 posts produced between 1 January and 30 September 2020. Through this analysis, the study helps evidence the role Gab plays as a hub for explicitly antisemitic far-right extremism and radicalism in the Australian context.
Das Thema der öffentlichen Gesundheitsvorsorge ist zum Einfallstor und Inkubator für Verschwörungsideologen, Rechtsextremisten und Impfgegner geworden. Dieser Bericht des ISD Germany bietet erstmalig einen umfassenden Einblick in die digitalen Netzwerke der impfskeptischen Szene in Deutschland.
This briefing illustrates the role which recommendation algorithms play in amplifying and promoting potentially harmful content on online book retail platforms. Using the example of Amazon, it finds that users are recommended books which contain obvious disinformation, conspiracy theories and white nationalism.
This report aims to provide a first look into Irish far-right activity on the messaging app, Telegram, where the movement is operating both as identifiable groups and influencers, and anonymously-run channels and groups. This report was produced in conjunction with TheJournal.ie and its investigative platform Noteworthy.ie as part of their Eyes Right series.
This report examines the nature and scale of COVID-19 vaccine mis- and disinformation among Arabic-language communities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on Facebook. Included is a case study analysing the output of a dubious disinformation hub that masquerades as a think tank as well as detailed findings on leading trends within vaccine misinformation communities in MENA.
La présente étude présente une analyse quantitative et qualitative de la désinformation et des théories complotistes anti-vaccins repérées dans les contenus publiquement accessibles sur Twitter et Facebook entre le 1er août 2020 et le 1er février 2021, identifie les discours principaux, événements qui alimentent des pics de discussion en ligne et les acteurs les plus actifs dans la propagation de discours anti-vaccins.
