Open Measures Newsletter

ICYMI: November Roundup

Automated accounts on VK, smear campaigns against NYC's next mayor, an extremist internet personality's popularity, and impersonation scams on Rumble

Dec 1 • 

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November 2025

Impersonation Scams Target Audiences of Rumble Creators

The suspicious activity disproportionately targeted fans of Dan Bongino.

Nov 21 • 

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Flash Report: Claims of Nick Fuentes’ Growing Popularity Are Unsupported by Data

Though media outlets have suggested that Fuentes’ audience is expanding, our latest research casts doubt on those claims

Nov 14

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Ahead of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory, Opponents Smeared a Muslim Advocacy Group Supporting Him

Pro-Israel and anti-Muslim groups drove last-minute attacks targeting CAIR’s support of the mayor-elect

Nov 11 • 

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Network of VK Pages Blitzes Platform with Posts Promoting AI Essay-Writing Services

The pages appear linked to a Cyprus company and posted more than 200,000 times last year

Nov 3 • 

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October 2025

ICYMI: September/October Roundup

Open Measures published research articles

Oct 31 • 

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Rumble’s Power Users Promote Crypto Scams and AI Slop

The video-based platform’s most active users promoted bigotries and exhibited odd behaviors

Oct 29 • 

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Exploring the Online Presence of Syrian Armed Groups

Saraya Ansar al-Sunna and the Coastal Shield Brigade have made use of Telegram during their ongoing skirmishes in the region

Oct 27

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Flash Report: Dormant ‘Antifa’ Narratives Resurrected After Executive Order

Wild claims and conspiracy theories about ‘radical left’ violence are generating renewed interest, raising risks for previously targeted individuals and…

Oct 21 • 

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Trump Admin Briefing Sparks Wave of Tylenol-Autism Posts on Truth Social

Platform users showed little interest in the drug before the White House endorsed speculative claims about its link to autism

Oct 9

Outrage Over American Eagle’s ‘Great Jeans’ Ad Was a Conservative Media Creation

American Eagle's "great genes" ad led to a media outrage cycle after conservatives on X amplified a minority of liberal posts that claimed the ad had…

Oct 2

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September 2025

Outrage Cycle: Cracker Barrel and its CEO Targeted Amidst Logo Controversy

After Cracker Barrel's logo redesign, alt-platform users attacked the company's female CEO, criticizing the company for trying to be "woke."

Sep 26

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