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Open Measures is an open-source threat intelligence and social media research platform created to assist those who investigate and track the spread of harmful online content. 🌐 Website: https://openmeasures.io/ 📬 Newsletter: https://blog.openmeasures.io/
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We’re still trying to figure out what was going on with this Cybertruck, but in the meantime here’s a recap of the research we published this month blog.openmeasures.io/p/icymi-july...
ICYMI: July 2026
Account trafficking on Telegram, networked activity from 'active clubs,' an op-ed about transparency, World Cup conspiracy theories, and AI doxxing tools
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NEW: Our researchers have discovered that users of a far-right imageboard notorious for coordinated harassment campaigns have developed at least three custom AI tools meant to help them "dox" their targets. openmeasures.io/soyjak-ai-do...
Users on This Far-Right Imageboard Are Building ‘Fully Autonomous AI Doxxing’ Tools - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures senior researcher Jared Holt is quoted in a new article from WIRED that unpacks far-right internet pundit Laura Loomer's abrupt reversal on Ukraine. Jared has followed Loomer's rise in MAGA media for 10+ yrs and gave context to understand her pivot blog.openmeasures.io/p/new-wired-...
New WIRED Article Features Insights from Open Measures Researcher
Senior researcher Jared Holt helped contextualize a far-right figure's flip-flop on Ukraine
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Once again here to remind you that not even MAGA audiences like what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS News openmeasures.io/cbs-news-bar...
CBS News Hired Bari Weiss to Appeal to Conservatives. It Doesn’t Seem to Be Working. - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
We covered the online outrage campaign directed at Cracker Barrel and its now-former CEO after its short-lived logo change last year, noting how the backlash was actually based in broader "anti-DEI" political narratives 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 content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.Breaking News: The CEO of Cracker Barrel, who faced backlash when the company briefly changed its old-timey logo, has been replaced.
Trump news is a main driver of activity on Truth Social, the microblogging platform Trump owns. But users on the site have largely avoided talking about this story. We found only a couple dozen posts that mentioned the story at all this week, mostly from users in groups for company shareholders.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2w agoInstant access to Trump’s thoughts now costs $100,000 a month
1/ FIFA reversed the suspension of USA player Folarin Balogun this month after Trump personally intervened with the org's president – and a surge of online skepticism about the World Cup's integrity followed. Thread 🧵
Writing for @openmeasures.io's blog, @jaredlholt.bsky.social discussed a surge in World Cup conspiracy theories, especially after Trump's intervention to get Balogun's suspension overturned. Interesting search graphic from the post here: openmeasures.io/world-cup-co... (short thread below)
Researchers and threat monitoring teams consistently tell us that the tools they depend on haven’t kept up with the times, saying they often lack a full view of the web and transparent tools for analyzing large datasets. Some thoughts on how to address these issues: openmeasures.io/better-threa...
Without Transparency, Threat Monitoring Tools Are Setting Up Users to Fail - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Hundreds of channels for white supremacist "active club" groups have appeared on Telegram over recent years, purporting to represent a growing network of "leaderless" racist groups across the world. But what if that's not exactly the case? Our latest: openmeasures.io/telegram-act...
White Supremacist ‘Active Clubs’ Might Be Less Decentralized Than They Claim - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Our latest is a deep dive into the niche economy on Telegram where users buy and sell accounts for virtually every platform imaginable — sometimes for as little as $1 each, and in bulk quantities. openmeasures.io/stolen-fake-...
Inside the Telegram Ecosystem Selling Compromised and Fake Accounts - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Check out the latest from our friends at ISD, who used our platform to help produce the findings in this important report
Institute for Strategic Dialogue@isdglobal.bsky.social · 3w agoGendered deepfakes, or synthetic non-consensual intimate imagery, are one of the fastest-growing forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence. But the problem extends far beyond AI itself. ISD's new report maps the entire ecosystem enabling this abuse 🧵 www.isdglobal.org/publication/...
Prosecutors presented evidence against Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk, in a Utah court this week. As evidence was shared, conspiracy theorists fixated on pieces they said supported their suspicions that Robinson didn't act alone -- or that he didn't do it at all. Thread
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A little blurb from me about the sudden death of a 4chan board that had become one of the internet's busiest and fastest-growing hubs for trading and soliciting AI-generated "deepfake" porn and how @openmeasures.io sees its role in what happened. openmeasures.io/4chan-adult-...
4chan Quietly Pulled ‘Adult Requests’ Last Month. There’s Still No Sign It’s Coming Back. - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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In this month's "ICYMI" newsletter... ⚠️ News about the closure of 4chan's "Adult Requests" imageboard 📰 All the research articles we published in June 🔗 Links to stories from others we think are worth your time 🌈 Happy Pride, Knicks in five! 🏀
ICYMI: June 2026
Ebola conspiracy theories, Telegram cybercrime, anti-LGBTQ+ content on Truth Social, and a big update on 4chan's 'Adult Requests' imageboard
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4chan's "Adult Requests" board was one of the internet's largest and fastest-growing venues for trading and soliciting sexually explicit "deepfakes." On May 21, it abruptly shut down. More than a month later, there's still no sign it's coming back. openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...
This 4chan Board Became a Factory for Explicit AI ‘Deepfakes.’ Nobody Is Stopping It. - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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What's MAGA media to do when a White House initiative goes terribly wrong? A recent article in The Atlantic outlines the 13-step political spin cycle right-wing commentators use in those situations, featuring insights from OM senior researcher Jared Holt. blog.openmeasures.io/p/new-articl...
New article in The Atlantic features insights from Open Measures
Senior researcher Jared Holt spoke to the magazine about reactions to America's unusually botanical Reflecting Pool
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Some words from OM senior researcher Jared Holt in here
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · last mo.Pls read my blog which contains the words: "Four men in camo waders are in the pool. Water, the color of fresh Mountain Dew, laps at their thighs as they dredge the bottom with poles like cranberry farmers on a faraway radioactive planet."
NEW: After 300 days of inactivity, Libs of TikTok returned to Truth Social in Dec. 2025. Now it generates more high-engagement posts than the site's official White House account. We explored how it happened and the anti-LGBTQ+ hate it's stirring on Trump's platform. openmeasures.io/libsoftiktok...
Libs of TikTok: The New Queen of Truth Social - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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NEW: After 300 days of inactivity, Libs of TikTok returned to Truth Social in Dec. 2025. Now it generates more high-engagement posts than the site's official White House account. We explored how it happened and the anti-LGBTQ+ hate it's stirring on Trump's platform. openmeasures.io/libsoftiktok...
Libs of TikTok: The New Queen of Truth Social - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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After Laura Loomer, long an outspoken Kremlin supporter, said on X that she “fell for Russian propaganda,” she immediately experienced a dramatic drop in online engagement. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/laura-loom...
Laura Loomer’s Russian Turnaround
After Loomer, long an outspoken Kremlin supporter, said on X that she “fell for Russian propaganda,” she immediately experienced a dramatic drop in online engagement.
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I was curious how users on MAGA-heavy platforms have coped with the Reflecting Pool drama so I configured the @openmeasures.bsky.social Research Assistant to create a summary of the themes across ~2.6k posts that mentioned it this month. Something about seeing it presented this way is just so funny
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Telegram has removed millions of channels and groups in its attempts to address illegal activity taking place on its app. But despite those efforts, the issue persists. Our latest looks at how cybercriminals have adapted to the company's policy changes and takedowns openmeasures.io/telegram-cra...
Cybercriminals Are Evading Telegram Crackdowns in 'Patriot Party' and Crypto-themed Channels - 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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The DOJ has brought charges against 15 people who it claims belonged to Minneapolis "antifa" groups, citing messages sent in Signal group chats to make its case. MAGA media demanded feds investigate anti-ICE Signal chats earlier this year. We covered it at the time: openmeasures.io/alex-pretti-...
Flash Report: MAGA Communities Redirect Focus to Anti-ICE Groups on Signal After Federal Agents Kill Alex Pretti - 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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Recent anti-immigrant violence across the UK has excited online white supremacist movements, who have been cheering on rioters and signal-boosting calls for further escalation and "mass protests." (We've obscured the channel names for this post.)
