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Disinfo black ops

A special investigation exposing the companies and states behind global disinformation

19 February 2024

  • Sadiq Khan wearing a poppy in his jacket lapel

    The Guardian view on political deepfakes: voters can’t believe their own eyes

    Disinformation campaigns and forgeries are an old problem – but AI poses new threats and needs a new response

22 February 2023

  • Tal Hanan, a former Israeli special forces operative who now works privately using the pseudonym Jorge

    The secret world of disinformation for hire

    How an undercover investigation revealed a team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated elections via hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media

18 February 2023

  • Composite of Sam Patten, Tal Hanan and Alexander Nix

    Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election

    Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team

17 February 2023

  • A phone displaying an image of a block of flats destroyed by a Russian missile in Ukraine

    The Guardian view on disinformation online: a 21st-century growth industry

  • Peter Pomerantsev

    The web is a Blade Runner nightmare, but there is a way to stem the tide of lies

    Peter Pomerantsev
  • Composite image of the Eliminalia founder Diego 'Didac' Sanchez with spam images of articles that have been used to hide previous wrongdoings by individuals or companies in the background

    The Spanish firm that uses dubious methods to ‘erase your past’ from the internet

  • William Ruto

    Ruto ally says Telegram account was hacked before Kenyan election

16 February 2023

  • Composite image

    Dark arts of politics: how ‘Team Jorge’ and Cambridge Analytica meddled in Nigerian election

  • Team Jorge’s Tal Hanan, at the centre of the investigation.

    Thursday briefing: The secret disinformation group who claim to influence elections worldwide

15 February 2023

  • William Ruto

    Political aides hacked by ‘Team Jorge’ in run-up to Kenyan election

  • Rachid M’Barki

    French broadcaster BFMTV suspends presenter amid disinformation scandal

  • Aims software screenshots composite

    ‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles

  • A covert team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media have been exposed in a new investigation.

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    'Team Jorge' unmasked: the secret disinformation team who distort reality – video

  • Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections

  • How undercover reporters caught ‘Team Jorge’ disinformation operatives on camera

  • Disinfo black ops: exposing the companies and states spreading false information

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