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Threat Briefing: 2026 US Midterm Elections
Open Measures will be monitoring for online threats in the weeks surrounding Election Day
 • Open Measures
Violent Rhetoric Against Public Officials Seen in Comments on Hyperpartisan News Site Ahead of 2026 Midterms
Comments we identified on Gateway Pundit articles fantasized about harming election officials, judges, law enforcement officers, and other government…
 • Jared Holt
Under the Hood: Using Open Measures to Investigate AI Deepfake Discussions on 4chan
Does banning, or even criminalizing, online abuse actually make it go away? Or does it just drive that activity into places that are harder to see?
 • Open Measures
4:47
4chan Users Are Sharing Tools and Tips for Homebrewing AI Deepfake Porn
As legal consequences for sharing sexually explicit AI-generated images intensify, some users are learning to make their own in private
 • Jared Holt and Benjamin Shultz
Under the Hood: How We Used Our Platform to Research Hostile Narratives About the WNBA
Senior researcher Jared Holt explains how he used Open Measures to gather insights for our most recent article on ‘culture war’ narratives about women’s…
 • Open Measures and Jared Holt
5:42
A Player's Anti-Trans Remarks Kicked Right-Wing Attacks on the WNBA into Overdrive
Sophie Cunningham’s comments drew the WNBA deeper into the crosshairs of right-wing media’s ‘culture war’
 • Jared Holt
Open Measures Sources: What is Disqus?
Open Measures’ Disqus coverage includes user comments from thousands of blogs and media outlets
 • Open Measures
Where Have All the ‘Wizards’ Gone?
4chan moderators appear to be cracking down on ‘deepfake porn’ since banning a board focused on it earlier this year
 • Jared Holt
Users on This Far-Right Imageboard Are Building ‘Fully Autonomous AI Doxxing’ Tools
Posts discovered on Soyjak Party advertise LLMs that collect and bundle private information for use in online harassment campaigns
 • Open Measures
World Cup Conspiracy Theories Surge After FIFA Overturns USA Player’s Suspension
Match-rigging allegations continue to spread on platforms we monitor ahead of World Cup final between Argentina and Spain
 • Jared Holt
Without Transparency, Threat Monitoring Tools Are Setting Up Users to Fail
Analyst teams are working harder than ever, but their tools have not kept up with the threat landscape
 • Celia
White Supremacist ‘Active Clubs’ Might Be Less Decentralized Than They Claim
Findings suggest some clusters of Telegram channels affiliated with the groups may be working in tandem or centrally controlled
 • Jared Holt
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