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Oct
07
Lebanon isn’t reacting to the death of Hassan Nasrallah like the rest of the Arab world. Here’s why.

Lebanon isn’t reacting to the death of Hassan Nasrallah like the rest of the Arab world. Here’s why.

As our FilterLabs Jonathan Teubner told the New York Times last week, reactions to the Hezbollah secretary-general’s death were not the same throughout the Arab world.
4 min read
Sep
30
Making sense of online sentiment after Nigeria’s Edo state elections

Making sense of online sentiment after Nigeria’s Edo state elections

News media coverage showed a spike in positivity around the ruling APC party that was absent from Nigerian social media discourse.
3 min read
Sep
25
Have the pager bombs restored Mossad’s reputation in Israel?

Have the pager bombs restored Mossad’s reputation in Israel?

Key takeaways: * Israeli social media users generally assume that Mossad was behind the explosion of thousands of pagers in Lebanon.
2 min read
Sep
20
Can Kremlin Spending Save Crimea’s Tourist Industry?

Can Kremlin Spending Save Crimea’s Tourist Industry?

Key takeaways from FilterLabs’ analysis: * Substantial Russian government investments in the Crimean tourism industry have garnered positive local press. * Official
3 min read
Sep
17
How are Indians Talking About Modi After the Election?

How are Indians Talking About Modi After the Election?

Key Points from FilterLabs' Analysis: * Despite his surprisingly disappointing election results earlier this summer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
4 min read
Sep
16
What do Russians think about Harris and Trump?

What do Russians think about Harris and Trump?

Key points on Russian views of US presidential candidates * As FilterLabs CEO Jonathan Teubner discussed on NBC this past weekend,
5 min read
Sep
06
Are Banking Sanctions Damaging the Sino-Russian Alliance?

Are Banking Sanctions Damaging the Sino-Russian Alliance?

Key Points from FilterLabs’ Analysis: * US sanctions against Russia are now affecting Chinese firms. * These sanctions are extremely unpopular in
3 min read
Aug
30
Perspectives on Putin – After Kursk – from China, Iran, and Israel

Perspectives on Putin – After Kursk – from China, Iran, and Israel

Key Points from FilterLabs’ analysis * After the Kursk incursion, sentiment around Putin fell in Chinese, Iranian, and Israeli media.  * At
6 min read
Aug
23
The Kremlin’s New Propaganda Campaign in Kursk

The Kremlin’s New Propaganda Campaign in Kursk

Key points from FilterLabs’ analysis:  Yesterday the New York Times published an article focused on our analysis on declining Russian
9 min read
Aug
22
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Putin’s Media Coverage Suffers in Aftermath of Ukrainian Counteroffensive

Sentiment around Putin is falling in key areas around Russia
5 min read