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Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has been a key player in the Iranian government’s campaign of repression and censorship.

It isn’t just Trump. All sorts of policymakers are using Twitter to promote their policies and condemn their adversaries.

The doctored Nancy Pelosi video hardly marks the first time the social media giant has faced backlash. Consider Germany in 2015.

Not content to cause political problems, Moscow’s trolls are also undermining public health.

The self-immolation of the Canadian government is rooted in the way it came to power.

The Kremlin is going after Russian rappers, but the government can't control a culture it doesn't understand.

Latest discovery underscores challenge of countering disinformation campaigns.

Also: Works on India’s rise, the history of U.S. trade politics, and social media’s role in modern conflicts.

Shady tactics failed to pay off in a divisive abortion referendum.

The United States has become identified with the global internet economy — for better and worse.

A new book argues that modern wars will be won with phones and laptops rather than tanks.

Americans have become paranoid about foreign cyberattacks on their political system, but they have nobody but themselves to blame.

We need to demand accountability from social media companies — and from U.S. diplomats.

And it’s time that America learns to defend itself.

Even fake Russian accounts may have some legal protection.

Incendiary false news reports proliferated on the platform during the U.S. election campaign.

Accounts of many known terrorists remain open.

Iranian hackers are increasingly using the tools of cyber-espionage against exiles and dissidents.

It's not just on the internet and it's not just about President Mugabe.

A GOP operative and an academic are teaming up to go after the Islamic State online, but Silicon Valley isn’t buying it.