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Alternative Platforms Aren't Fringe Anymore
Emerging social media sites remain a critical piece of the online ecosystem, even as their roles in it are changing
Mar 13
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Hank Teran
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ICYMI: February Roundup
A look back on what we published in February 2026
Mar 7
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Open Measures
Dark Market for Explicit AI 'Deepfakes' Evolves on 4chan
Daily activity on 4chan's 'Adult Requests' board nearly tripled over the last year as users victimized women and girls
Mar 6
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Jared Holt
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AI ‘Deepfakes’ Weaponized to Spread Many False Epstein Files Claims
After the DOJ disclosures, mass confusion ensued as online actors used AI-generated images to spread misinformation about Zohran Mamdani and other world…
Mar 5
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February 2026
‘He Needs to Go Die’: MAGA Communities Fume at Senate Republicans Over SAVE Act Delays
Pro-Trump communities on alternative platforms have attacked Republican leaders over lack of support for the voter ID bill
Feb 26
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Open Measures
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US Olympians' Discomfort with American Politics Met with Online Hate and Harassment
Attacks on female athletes were severe and more sustained, including misogynistic abuse and explicit AI ‘deepfakes’
Feb 19
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Open Measures
Bad Bunny Outshined Artists at Alternative Halftime Show, Even Among Pro-Trump Audiences
TPUSA's 'All-American Halftime Show' was meant to protest the Super Bowl's first Spanish-language headliner
Feb 10
US Anti-Abortion Activists Intensify Their Recruitment Efforts on TikTok
Amid declining interest in abortion on alt-platforms since Roe v. Wade’s repeal, anti-abortion activists have increasingly relied on TikTok to spread…
Feb 9
Case Study: Protecting Elections and Preventing an Attack on Election Workers Using Open Measures
A threat intelligence team used Open Measures to intercept a planned attack against election integrity, reporting it to the appropriate authorities…
Feb 4
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January 2026
ICYMI: January Roundup
'Antifa' narratives around anti-ICE organizing in Minneapolis, election denialism in Michigan, and talk of Venezuela's oil reserves
Jan 30
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Open Measures
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Flash Report: MAGA Influencers Redirect Focus to ‘Antifa’ Narratives After Killings in Minnesota
Alt-tech platform users revived longstanding ‘antifa’ narratives to reframe the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti
Jan 29
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Product Release: Saved Queries, Labels, and Timeline
Users can now save complex queries on-platform, add custom tags to content, actors, and contexts, and use new Timeline views to visualize research.
Jan 28
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