Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference
The Problem
Social media and digital organizing tools have transformed how young people mobilize, yet the same platforms amplify extremism, harvest data, and suppress dissent. Governments and corporations increasingly use digital surveillance to monitor, intimidate, and dismantle youth-led movements before they gain momentum.
Our Strategy
We document and analyze how digital tools are weaponized against youth organizers by mapping surveillance tactics, platform censorship patterns, and state-sponsored harassment campaigns.
Our findings support activists with practical counter-surveillance resources and open-source tools for safer organizing. In parallel, we work with civil society groups and policymakers to push for platform accountability and legal protections for youth-led movements.
Ongoing Projects
Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Networks
Fake accounts don’t act alone — investigators trace the operators behind the clusters.
Bot Farms and Election Interference
Commercial click farms are rented for political influence at industrial scale.
Foreign Narratives in Local Media
State-backed storylines are laundered through community outlets audiences trust.
Platform Responses to State Propaganda
Takedown reports show uneven enforcement when governments push coordinated messaging.