Laura McQuade

Digital Investigations Analyst @ Protection Group International. All things US politics / disinformation. Also coffee. All views are own. (She/her)

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

A short piece from me today on social media / information fatigue. Read below!

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

It’s important to stay up-to-date on current affairs, but how do we know when we’ve hit maximum and what happens when we do?

Read our latest Digital Threat Digest here: https://t.co/UjshMXz1s8

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

New piece from me, read below! :)

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

How do pop culture aggregators & misinformation connect? In today's edition of our Digital Threat Digest, we look at how pop culture aggregators spread misinformation to mainstream news & wider culture, & the worrying new pivot to politics.

Read it here: https://t.co/xndC2roU5d

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

Today marks India’s 77th Independence Day, celebrating the country's freedom from colonial rule. But celebrations have been dampened by rising levels of hate & polarisation in the country both online & offline

Read our latest Digital Threat Digest here: https://t.co/LUiIxRKc8y

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

Some thoughts from Ohio and Issue 1 from last week! Read below :)

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

The use of hardcopy #propaganda in an #election is nothing new, but how does it tie in with online content created to deceive voters? What do #hybridcampaigns mean for the future of #voting?

https://t.co/z7pDDBqi90

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

Some delayed throughs on the launch of Threads! Read below :)

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

Since the launch of #Threads last week, far-right figures have already started spreading hate speech and #misinformation. Is Zuckerberg’s aspiration of it becoming a twitter-like online space that focuses on kindness, just that - aspirational?

https://t.co/Wlaf7XuVT0

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

@EmmaLBriant Congratulations on the move Emma, looks like a lovely place! :)

[Reem Awad @reem__awad]

My latest digest covering a more personal topic - the current situation in Sudan. Understanding how social media is playing a role in furthering the interests of both the RSF and SAF is key in being able to breakdown what’s happening on the ground! #sudan

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

@EllieannClark Thank you!

[Tara @TaraDoesOSINT]

In my last entry of 2022, I talk about the importance of staying clocked into what it means to go #goblinmode & be #chronicallyonline. Well done to my colleagues @ProtectionGIntl for making it to the 1yr anniversary of this newsletter. See you in 2023! https://t.co/9c6i2w9opb

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

Commented on Matt Hancock, I'm a Celeb, Post-Truth politics and Trump this morning!

Read below :)

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

A sitting MP on a reality TV show, let's talk about post-truth politics.

In today's edition of the #DigitalThreatDigest.

#posttruth #politics

https://t.co/Pc4gFzhtHa

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

Had to write something on Musk on the day of the midterm vote - read below! #DigitalThreatDigest #Disinformation

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

We have opinions about Twitter and Elon in today's edition of the #DigitalThreatDigest

https://t.co/i0oLrsaMua

[Vera Bergengruen @VeraMBergen]

NEW: For a year, I’ve been tracking the surge in violent threats, harassment, and attacks targeting public officials and their families.

Today we published a project of 50 case studies - one in every state - showing the scope and severity of the crisis https://t.co/ghAx2VNTGF

[Rajan Basra @rajanbasra]

On October 30th, a man threw petrol bombs at an immigration centre in Dover, injuring two. Minutes later he killed himself.

Three days on, the attack has been largely forgotten.

But it's worth taking a closer look at what he posted online, and what it says about radicalisation:

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

Some thoughts from me on the attack of Paul Pelosi, the narratives that have formed from it and how the OSINT skills I use daily can be negatively co-opted.

https://t.co/NrY76HwVH5

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

Excited to be tuning into this now!

[Alice @alice_dot_io]

Join the @ActiveFence team of #misinformation experts, @InbalGoldberger, Andrew Voxman & Sam O'Neil to gain insights on securing platform integrity ahead of the midterm elections.

https://t.co/GHWOSK3zHd
#trustandsafety

[Rachel Schraer @rachelschraer]

A viral tweet is claiming to give bombshell news (🚨) that Pfizer is "admitting" they never tested whether the vaccine prevented transmission and therefore the concept of "get vaccinated for others" was a lie - this is wrong on basically every count. So, some facts.

[Tara @TaraDoesOSINT]

Want to know how the research that won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics relates to #digitalthreats? Well, I've (somehow) managed to find a way to merge the two things (& explain the science behind the prize) in a short article named 'Schrodinger's Threat'. https://t.co/ed0wylqZIN

[Protection Group International @ProtectionGIntl]

In today's #DigitalThreatDigest, we look at cults of personality and brand.

https://t.co/pJjgtQdnTp

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

@thetrainline Thanks Keith!

[Laura McQuade @LauraMcQuade4]

@thetrainline can't contact you via any other way. I was told I was eligible for a refund but the app isn't telling me so. Can you sort this?