New research into three networks taken down by Facebook, including the return of Russian oligarch linked actors to African politics and, in a first, a troll network tied to the *French military*. https://twitter.com/shelbygrossman/status/1338876995237646336

In an interesting coincidence, the EU is rolling out a draft of a Digital Services Act that is partially intended to address disinformation on the same day a member state is caught using disinformation tactics in Africa.

Facebook's announcement (congrats to @ngleicher and team):
https://about.fb.com/news/2020/12/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-france-russia/

The FR/RU fight in Mali/CAR report:
http://www.graphika.com/trollkombat 

The RU in Libya/Sudan/Syria report:
https://github.com/stanfordio/publications/raw/main/IRALibyaSudanSyriaReport.pdf

Thanks to our good friends at @Graphika_NYC for their partnership. I still think a "Napoleon besieging Moscow" metaphor would have been great, but I will yield to the cheeky naming expertise of @camillefrancois in this case.

Some more details from our collaborator @k_ramali https://twitter.com/k_ramali/status/1338878476456235018

A great thread from our friend @benimmo https://twitter.com/benimmo/status/1338883956968747011