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NEW: We've been looking at suspicious activity on Rumble. Our latest looks at networks of accounts impersonating the platform's top content creators and trying to lure their audiences into suspicious Telegram chatrooms.
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
Impersonation Scams Target Audiences of Rumble Creators - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW: We've been looking at suspicious activity on Rumble. Our latest looks at networks of accounts impersonating the platform's top content creators and trying to lure their audiences into suspicious Telegram chatrooms.
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
The most-impersonated figure? Dan Bongino.
openmeasures.io/dan-bongino-...
Recent news coverage of extremist media personality Nick Fuentes might give readers the impression his audience is booming in size. But after reviewing our data, our researchers have some serious doubts that’s the case.
openmeasures.io/nick-fuentes...
openmeasures.io/nick-fuentes...
Flash Report: Claims of Nick Fuentes’ Growing Popularity Are Unsupported by Data - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Recent news coverage of extremist media personality Nick Fuentes might give readers the impression his audience is booming in size. But after reviewing our data, our researchers have some serious doubts that’s the case.
openmeasures.io/nick-fuentes...
openmeasures.io/nick-fuentes...
Last-ditch efforts to damage Zohran Mamdani's reputation, led by pro-Israel and anti-Muslim groups, rehashed Islamophobic smears against the Council on American-Islamic Relations -- a Muslim advocacy group that supported Mamdani's candidacy.
openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
Ahead of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory, Opponents Smeared a Muslim Advocacy Group Supporting Him - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Last-ditch efforts to damage Zohran Mamdani's reputation, led by pro-Israel and anti-Muslim groups, rehashed Islamophobic smears against the Council on American-Islamic Relations -- a Muslim advocacy group that supported Mamdani's candidacy.
openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
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Four years ago, far-right white male supremacist Nick Fuentes was deplatformed pretty much everywhere.
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes is triggering a MAGA civil war
Once barred from nearly every social media platform, Fuentes’s resurgence has driven a wedge through the conservative movement.
wapo.st
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Four years ago, far-right white male supremacist Nick Fuentes was deplatformed pretty much everywhere.
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Open Measures senior researcher @jaredlholt.bsky.social spoke to @willoremus.com for this article about the rising profile of extremist Nick Fuentes in mainstream conservative media circles and the turmoil it’s causing in the MAGA movement
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes is triggering a MAGA civil war
Once barred from nearly every social media platform, Fuentes’s resurgence has driven a wedge through the conservative movement.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Open Measures senior researcher @jaredlholt.bsky.social spoke to @willoremus.com for this article about the rising profile of extremist Nick Fuentes in mainstream conservative media circles and the turmoil it’s causing in the MAGA movement
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Our researchers investigated a network of VK pages promoting an essay-writing company based in Cyprus. The accounts appear to be running on generative AI and targeting prospective customers writing in English. The network posted more than 200k times in the last year.
openmeasures.io/vk-pages-ess...
openmeasures.io/vk-pages-ess...
Network of VK Pages Blitzes Platform with Posts Promoting AI Essay-Writing Services - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our researchers investigated a network of VK pages promoting an essay-writing company based in Cyprus. The accounts appear to be running on generative AI and targeting prospective customers writing in English. The network posted more than 200k times in the last year.
openmeasures.io/vk-pages-ess...
openmeasures.io/vk-pages-ess...
It's been a busy couple months at Open Measures -- so busy, if fact, that we forgot to send a monthly roundup of our research pieces last month! Here's nine stories worth checking out, covering everything from Syrian insurgent groups to Sydney Sweeney's jeans.
blog.openmeasures.io/p/icymi-sept...
blog.openmeasures.io/p/icymi-sept...
ICYMI: September/October Roundup
Alt-platform diehards, 'Pallywood' conspiracy theories, a far-right harassment project, consumer outrage cycles, claims about Tylenol, renewed Antifa panics, Syrian insurgency groups, and Rumble users -- oh my!
blog.openmeasures.io
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's been a busy couple months at Open Measures -- so busy, if fact, that we forgot to send a monthly roundup of our research pieces last month! Here's nine stories worth checking out, covering everything from Syrian insurgent groups to Sydney Sweeney's jeans.
blog.openmeasures.io/p/icymi-sept...
blog.openmeasures.io/p/icymi-sept...
Thanks to @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com for shouting out our latest research on Rumble in their newsletter briefing this morning. Be sure to check out what Craig and Alexios are doing over at Indicator
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
Briefing: Grokipedia applies a right-wing filter to Wikipedia
Plus: an easy way to search for objects within a video and a new web reconnaissance tool
indicator.media
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thanks to @craigsilverman.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com for shouting out our latest research on Rumble in their newsletter briefing this morning. Be sure to check out what Craig and Alexios are doing over at Indicator
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
Rumble, an alternative video platform, can be tricky to navigate and harder to research/investigate. That's where we come in.
Our researchers looked closer at the Rumble data we have, starting with the platform's power users. What they found was eye-opening.
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openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
Our researchers looked closer at the Rumble data we have, starting with the platform's power users. What they found was eye-opening.
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openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
Rumble’s Power Users Promote Crypto Scams and AI Slop - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Rumble, an alternative video platform, can be tricky to navigate and harder to research/investigate. That's where we come in.
Our researchers looked closer at the Rumble data we have, starting with the platform's power users. What they found was eye-opening.
🧵 1/n
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
Our researchers looked closer at the Rumble data we have, starting with the platform's power users. What they found was eye-opening.
🧵 1/n
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
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Users on Rumble -- a video-based alt-platform -- posted at least 4.4 million videos and 10.7 million comments last year.
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
Rumble’s Power Users Promote Crypto Scams and AI Slop - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Users on Rumble -- a video-based alt-platform -- posted at least 4.4 million videos and 10.7 million comments last year.
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
Users on Rumble -- a video-based alt-platform -- posted at least 4.4 million videos and 10.7 million comments last year.
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
Rumble’s Power Users Promote Crypto Scams and AI Slop - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Users on Rumble -- a video-based alt-platform -- posted at least 4.4 million videos and 10.7 million comments last year.
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
We looked closer at the most-active uploaders and commenters on the site. What we found was a mix of hateful, scammy, and suspicious.
openmeasures.io/rumble-power...
Earlier this month, we published research showing these concerns about Tylenol were not popular outside a fringe subset of Trump’s online base on Truth Social. When the White House amplified these dubious claims, the platform lit up with posts repeating them.
openmeasures.io/tylenol-and-...
openmeasures.io/tylenol-and-...
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Earlier this month, we published research showing these concerns about Tylenol were not popular outside a fringe subset of Trump’s online base on Truth Social. When the White House amplified these dubious claims, the platform lit up with posts repeating them.
openmeasures.io/tylenol-and-...
openmeasures.io/tylenol-and-...
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Trump’s executive order labeling “Antifa” a domestic terrorist group is echoing internationally. Hungary, the Netherlands, and Poland are exploring similar measures, framing left-wing activism as a security threat.
Read more:
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How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation
Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part o...
globalextremism.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Trump’s executive order labeling “Antifa” a domestic terrorist group is echoing internationally. Hungary, the Netherlands, and Poland are exploring similar measures, framing left-wing activism as a security threat.
Read more:
Read more:
Our latest examines the ways two post-Assad insurgent groups in Syria have used Telegram to shape public perception. Both Saraya Ansar al-Sunna and the Coastal Shield Brigade show that today's conflict in Syria is as much a digital war as a ground war.
openmeasures.io/syrian-insur...
openmeasures.io/syrian-insur...
Exploring the Online Presence of Syrian Armed Groups - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our latest examines the ways two post-Assad insurgent groups in Syria have used Telegram to shape public perception. Both Saraya Ansar al-Sunna and the Coastal Shield Brigade show that today's conflict in Syria is as much a digital war as a ground war.
openmeasures.io/syrian-insur...
openmeasures.io/syrian-insur...
Early voting the NYC mayoral election starts tomorrow. ICYMI -- We took a closer look at the surge of identity-based attacks against front-runner Zohran Mamdani that appeared after he won the Democratic primary in June.
Read it here: openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
Read it here: openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani Targeted by Islamophobic and Antisemitic Narratives after NYC Primary Victory - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Early voting the NYC mayoral election starts tomorrow. ICYMI -- We took a closer look at the surge of identity-based attacks against front-runner Zohran Mamdani that appeared after he won the Democratic primary in June.
Read it here: openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
Read it here: openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...
We'll be at Christchurch Hacker Con in New Zealand next week! Come see our Liv Rowley present on stolen credential markets on Telegram on Oct 31 (spooky!).
2025.chcon.nz/schedule/
2025.chcon.nz/schedule/
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October 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We'll be at Christchurch Hacker Con in New Zealand next week! Come see our Liv Rowley present on stolen credential markets on Telegram on Oct 31 (spooky!).
2025.chcon.nz/schedule/
2025.chcon.nz/schedule/
Narratives about "Antifa" were largely dormant for most of Trump's current term in office, even on alt-platforms popular with right-wing communities. That all changed when a gunman killed activist Charlie Kirk and federal officials rushed to blame the "radical left"
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
Flash Report: Dormant ‘Antifa’ Narratives Resurrected After Executive Order - Open Measures
Wild claims and conspiracy theories about ‘radical left’ violence are generating renewed interest, raising risks for previously targeted individuals and organizations
openmeasures.io
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Narratives about "Antifa" were largely dormant for most of Trump's current term in office, even on alt-platforms popular with right-wing communities. That all changed when a gunman killed activist Charlie Kirk and federal officials rushed to blame the "radical left"
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
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After the White House endorsed poorly supported claims that Tylenol is linked to autism last month, Truth Social users began to parrot the claims and engaged with posts that supported them more frequently. The topic was obscure and unpopular on Truth Social before that.
Trump Admin Briefing Sparks Wave of Tylenol-Autism Posts on Truth Social - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
October 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
After the White House endorsed poorly supported claims that Tylenol is linked to autism last month, Truth Social users began to parrot the claims and engaged with posts that supported them more frequently. The topic was obscure and unpopular on Truth Social before that.
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Data on Sydney Sweeney Ad Controversy Shows How MAGA Weaponizes Social Trends https://gizmodo.com/data-on-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy-shows-how-maga-weaponizes-social-trends-2000667399
Data on Sydney Sweeney Ad Controversy Shows How MAGA Weaponizes Social Trends
Manufacturing outrage.
gizmodo.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Data on Sydney Sweeney Ad Controversy Shows How MAGA Weaponizes Social Trends https://gizmodo.com/data-on-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy-shows-how-maga-weaponizes-social-trends-2000667399
October 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
American Eagle was dragged into an online outrage cycle after conservative media figures claimed that liberals were offended by the clothing company's ads featuring Sydney Sweeney and a denim-themed pun about her "great jeans."
We checked the data. That wasn't true.
openmeasures.io/american-eag...
We checked the data. That wasn't true.
openmeasures.io/american-eag...
Outrage Over American Eagle’s ‘Great Jeans’ Ad Was a Conservative Media Creation - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
American Eagle was dragged into an online outrage cycle after conservative media figures claimed that liberals were offended by the clothing company's ads featuring Sydney Sweeney and a denim-themed pun about her "great jeans."
We checked the data. That wasn't true.
openmeasures.io/american-eag...
We checked the data. That wasn't true.
openmeasures.io/american-eag...
Our research on the online outrage cycle surrounding Cracker Barrel's logo change was cited in this piece at Gizmodo:
"According to data collected by Open Measures ... posters regularly tied the Cracker Barrel logo change to terms like 'woke' and 'DEI.'”
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
"According to data collected by Open Measures ... posters regularly tied the Cracker Barrel logo change to terms like 'woke' and 'DEI.'”
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
October 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our research on the online outrage cycle surrounding Cracker Barrel's logo change was cited in this piece at Gizmodo:
"According to data collected by Open Measures ... posters regularly tied the Cracker Barrel logo change to terms like 'woke' and 'DEI.'”
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
"According to data collected by Open Measures ... posters regularly tied the Cracker Barrel logo change to terms like 'woke' and 'DEI.'”
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
Cracker Barrel changed its logo, then changed it back. We looked at how certain online communities reacted, and found that nearly a quarter of posts referenced terms related to social justice and diversity. Read more here:
openmeasures.io/cracker-barr...
openmeasures.io/cracker-barr...
Outrage Cycle: Cracker Barrel and its CEO Targeted Amidst Logo Controversy - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
September 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Cracker Barrel changed its logo, then changed it back. We looked at how certain online communities reacted, and found that nearly a quarter of posts referenced terms related to social justice and diversity. Read more here:
openmeasures.io/cracker-barr...
openmeasures.io/cracker-barr...
Many perpetrators "almost view their acts as a type of performance art."
Thank you @drewharwell.com for including us in this story about political messages reportedly left on bullet casings in high-profile shootings.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Thank you @drewharwell.com for including us in this story about political messages reportedly left on bullet casings in high-profile shootings.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Engraved bullet casings have become shooters’ manifestos
Experts in political violence say that such engravings are a way for shooters to ensure the rationale for their attacks is publicized even if their manifestos are suppressed.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Many perpetrators "almost view their acts as a type of performance art."
Thank you @drewharwell.com for including us in this story about political messages reportedly left on bullet casings in high-profile shootings.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Thank you @drewharwell.com for including us in this story about political messages reportedly left on bullet casings in high-profile shootings.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...