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Open Measures is an open-source threat intelligence and social media research platform created to assist those who investigate and track the spread of harmful online content. 🌐 Website: openmeasures.io 📬 Newsletter: blog.openmeasures.io

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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 28/09/2026
Does banning, or even criminalizing, AI-generated "deepfake porn" actually make it stop? Or does it just drive that activity into places that are harder to see? @jaredlholt.bsky.social talks about what some our research w/ @americansunlight.org found. Read it here: openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 24/09/2026
In addition to their administrative roles, election officials across the US are preparing to respond to online narratives around 2026 midterm elections. We’ve partnered with SOE Software to offer those offices tools to spot and understand concerns early. Read more: soesoftware.com/soe-software...
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SOE Software Announces Partnership with Open Measures. | SOESoftware
SOE Software Announces Partnership with Open Measures. Understand the conversation before it becomes the story.
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Graphika @graphika.com · 23/09/2026
New intelligence from the Graphika Platform identifies a Russia-aligned influence operation targeting U.S. midterm candidates and German politicians with fabricated videos, manipulated news content and unverified claims of electoral fraud and corruption.
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Russia-Aligned Influence Operation Targets US Midterm Candidates, German State Elections | Graphika
Graphika details a Russia-aligned operation using fake accounts and manipulated media to target German and U.S. election candidates ahead of 2026 votes.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As legal consequences for distributing nonconsensual deepfake porn have grown, users on 4chan's Technology board are taking interest in homebrewing their own, often by using tweaked AI models on their personal devices. w/ @benmshultz.net of @americansunlight.org openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...
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4chan Users Are Sharing Tools and Tips for Homebrewing AI Deepfake Porn - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 18/09/2026
After the TAKE IT DOWN Act took effect in May, 4chan's Adult Requests board disappeared, but demand for deepfake porn didn't. Our new research with American Sunlight Project found users on /g/ trading guides on how to run local AI image models – helping synthetic NCII production continue offline.
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4chan Users Are Sharing Tools and Tips for Homebrewing AI Deepfake Porn - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 17/09/2026
DDIA used Open Measures to collect raw data for their research examining how bad actors leveraged the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks to push hate and misinformation. Check it out here: ddia.org/en/911-midte...
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9/11 Weaponized to Spread Misinformation and Religious Hate Around U.S. Midterms
As the U.S. marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks last week, 9/11 was repurposed as a midterm political talking point, and in some cases, as a means for attacking candidates online. ...
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 15/09/2026
Some of the internet's most serious threats emerge from its fringes. Most monitoring and research tools aren't built to cover niche platforms well, but Open Measures is. Here's a rundown of the most pressing threats we're seeing on niche platforms right now:
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In 2026, New Threats Are Emerging on 6 Platforms. Here's What Security Teams Need to Know. - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: In what’s likely the biggest action against deepfake abuse websites so far, the Manhattan District Attorney has seized 12 domains hosting and sharing fake videos of celebrities. More than 1,200 people appeared across the site, with the owners and video creators under investigation
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New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites
In the biggest-ever legal action against harmful deepfake websites, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 12 sites that collectively targeted around 1,200 victims.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 10/09/2026
After Charlie Kirk died last year, many questioned who in the MAGA movement could fill his shoes. Some looked to white nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes as a potential candidate. But our research has raised doubts about the actual extent of his online popularity. openmeasures.io/nick-fuentes...
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Flash Report: Claims of Nick Fuentes’ Growing Popularity Are Unsupported by Data - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 10/09/2026
Coordinated online campaigns to identify and target social media users who mocked or insulted Charlie Kirk after he died have elicited harassment and threats against thousands of people. Last year, we investigated one such effort and its ties to far-right extremists. openmeasures.io/far-right-ex...
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Far-Right Extremists Were Among Earliest Promoters of Website Targeting Charlie Kirk Critics for Harassment - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 10/09/2026
Since Charlie Kirk died last year, his image has been remixed into countless memes and jokes. Across the right-wing communities we monitor, influencers and users have tried to stir outrage about people laughing at those "Kirkiversary" memes — in some cases, trying to ID them and their employers.
Patriots.win thread: "KIRK ASSASSINATION CELEBRATION: Nothing says higher education like posters celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk at the U of Tennessee Knoxville. The signs are blanketing campus and the administration appears content to let them stay. Celebrating murder is now just another campus activity."DonnaHawk post on Truth Social: "A liberal woman danced on a dock, getting a playlist ready for what she called the “kirkaversary” celebrating and mocking Charlie Kirk's ass*ssination while mimicking being shot in the neck.  
#florida 
The one-year anniversary of Kirk's ass*ssination is approaching and TikTok videos like this are starting to pop up.  

The dancing video was posted to TikTok by [redacted] and captioned  

“Getting my playlist of songs that remind me of Charlie ready for the kirkaversary party.” 
#utah 
She then points her finger at her neck to mock how Kirk was m*rdered.  

She has been identified online as a home health care worker in the [redacted] area of [redacted].  Truth Social post: "This is one of the most disturbing collection of videos you can watch

Liberals are planning on throwing celebrations for Charlie Kirk’s murder anniversary

- One is baking a Charlie Kirk murder cake with guns and blood
- Charlie Kirk murder celebration BBQs are being planned
- Multiple Charlie Kirk murder public parties
- A salon is giving discounted neck tattoos to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot in the neck
- Leaked audio of an Antifa group planning to sabotage the Utah Valley University memorial event, the audio says they’re ready to commit VIOLENCE
- and more

These people live among us. These people vote and these people aren’t quiet about it, they’re on video celebrating and throwing parties

We cannot coexist with people who want us dead and celebrate political assassinations"Libs of TikTok on Truth Social: "INBOX

Students at University of South Carolina are having a Charlie Kirk lookalike contest to celebrate Charlie’s ass*ssination

Demonic"
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW A year on, conspiracy theories about the assassination of Charlie Kirk show no sign of slowing down. I spoke to @noupside.bsky.social @bostonjoan.bsky.social @jaredlholt.bsky.social and Joseph Uscniski to find out why they persist... www.wired.com/story/charli...
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Charlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than Ever
Experts say conspiracy theorizing about the identity and motive of Charlie Kirk's killer will likely continue for a long time to come.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 04/09/2026
Very cool to see our platform shouted out by @eff.org in their new online safety guides for protecting organizations and individuals against the threat of doxxing. (That’s exactly the sort of thing we built Open Measures to help out people with!) Get in touch with us if you’d like to learn more.
From EFF: If you're the focus of coordinated attacks that span from online communities to media outlets participating in the harassment, a service like Open Measures is worth looking into. It tracks, maps, and analyzes the spread of hateful information online. They provide free access to their open-source API, so with some technical fancy-footwork, you can automate this process.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Great analysis by Jared Holt (@jaredlholt.bsky.social) of social media discourse around the WNBA — revealing how right wing media have converged onto the league, bringing their culture wars with them: blog.openmeasures.io/p/sophie-cun...
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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’
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 02/09/2026
Open Measures has joined Everbridge, marking the start of an exciting new chapter for our company. Read more info here: blog.openmeasures.io/p/open-measu...
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Open Measures Joins Everbridge
With Everbridge, Open Measures enters a new chapter, with more resources to continue serving our customers
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 02/09/2026
You can also watch this video here: blog.openmeasures.io/p/under-the-...
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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 basketball
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 02/09/2026
Here's a video from senior researcher @jaredlholt.bsky.social explaining how he uses the Open Measures platform to approach stories like these
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 01/09/2026
New: Right-wing media wanted a "culture war" with the WNBA. Sophie Cunningham gave it to them on a silver platter. Our latest looks at hyperpartisan media's summer-long attack on women's basketball. openmeasures.io/sophie-cunni...
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Player's Anti-Trans Remarks Kicked Right-Wing Attacks on the WNBA into Overdrive - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Decoherence Media @decoherence.media · 20/08/2026
NEW from Jennefer Harper @jennefer.bsky.social & Wiley D. Cope @wileycope.bsky.social! The rise and fall of Automata: The inside story of how a pastor’s son started a neo-Nazi militia and got arrested by the FBI. decoherence.media/the-rise-and...
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The rise and fall of Automata
The inside story of how a pastor’s son started a neo-Nazi militia and got arrested by the FBI
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 25/08/2026
Disqus is the the web's most-popular third party commenting and discussion platform, seen on countless online publishers. Open Measures' collections include Disqus comments data, allowing for historical analysis and monitoring of activity across thousands of sites. openmeasures.io/open-measure...
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Open Measures Sources: What is Disqus? - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 12/08/2026
A new feature in NPR exploring Andrew Tate's influence in MAGA politics and how his extradition battle is testing the limits of those relationships includes insights from Open Measures senior researcher @jaredlholt.bsky.social Check it out here:
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NPR Coverage of Andrew Tate Includes Insights from Open Measures Researcher
Senior researcher Jared Holt spoke to NPR about Andrew Tate's political ties as his extradition fight tests his standing on the MAGA right
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 12/08/2026
Trump endorsed "pillow man" Mike Lindell and his Minnesota gubernatorial campaign in four Truth Social posts since July 15. But the president's attempt to hype Lindell didn't stick with MAGA supporters, who turned on Lindell after he proposed a six-month "amnesty" plan for undocumented immigrants.
Graphic showing four posts President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social since July 15 voicing his endorsement of Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 07/08/2026
We're constantly improving the usability of our platform based on the feedback we get from professionals who use it. We'd love to show you more and discuss whether Open Measures might support the work you're doing. Schedule a demo: openmeasures.io/demo
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 07/08/2026
#3 - Discover now has customizable filters, so you can choose what data it shows for posts and how it's arranged. With these new filters, you can also access more information about the data -- like parent posts for replies. We also introduced horizontal scrolling!
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 07/08/2026
#2 - Activity has new pie charts, pivot functions, and total counts, with copy-paste values so you can drop your findings straight into what you're working on. You can also click on values in the charts to see snapshots of the activity they represent.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 07/08/2026
Open Measures' analysis tools -- Timeline, Activity, and Discover -- just got a facelift. Here's some of what's new: #1 - Timeline can now plot an unlimited number of sources. Legends show where results are coming from, and you can click on the chart to see the posts behind the datapoints.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 07/08/2026
4chan abruptly shut down its "Adult Requests" board in May amid increased scrutiny on its role in the production of AI deepfake porn. The site gave no warning or explanation for its removal, leaving its former users suddenly stranded. Where did they go? Our latest: openmeasures.io/4chan-modera...
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Where Have All the ‘Wizards’ Gone? - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 04/08/2026
If you've gotten value from our research, we'd love to show you the platform behind it. We help threat intel, trust & safety, and research teams track extremism, disinformation, and online harms across corners of the internet that other tools often miss. Schedule a demo: openmeasures.io/demo
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 31/07/2026
We’re still trying to figure out what was going on with this Cybertruck, but in the meantime here’s a recap of the research we published this month blog.openmeasures.io/p/icymi-july...
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ICYMI: July 2026
Account trafficking on Telegram, networked activity from 'active clubs,' an op-ed about transparency, World Cup conspiracy theories, and AI doxxing tools
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 31/07/2026
NEW: Our researchers have discovered that users of a far-right imageboard notorious for coordinated harassment campaigns have developed at least three custom AI tools meant to help them "dox" their targets. openmeasures.io/soyjak-ai-do...
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Users on This Far-Right Imageboard Are Building ‘Fully Autonomous AI Doxxing’ Tools - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 28/07/2026
Open Measures senior researcher Jared Holt is quoted in a new article from WIRED that unpacks far-right internet pundit Laura Loomer's abrupt reversal on Ukraine. Jared has followed Loomer's rise in MAGA media for 10+ yrs and gave context to understand her pivot blog.openmeasures.io/p/new-wired-...
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New WIRED Article Features Insights from Open Measures Researcher
Senior researcher Jared Holt helped contextualize a far-right figure's flip-flop on Ukraine
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 28/07/2026
Once again here to remind you that not even MAGA audiences like what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS News openmeasures.io/cbs-news-bar...
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CBS News Hired Bari Weiss to Appeal to Conservatives. It Doesn’t Seem to Be Working. - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 27/07/2026
We covered the online outrage campaign directed at Cracker Barrel and its now-former CEO after its short-lived logo change last year, noting how the backlash was actually based in broader "anti-DEI" political narratives openmeasures.io/cracker-barr...
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Outrage Cycle: Cracker Barrel and Its CEO Targeted Amidst Logo Controversy - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 24/07/2026
Trump news is a main driver of activity on Truth Social, the microblogging platform Trump owns. But users on the site have largely avoided talking about this story. We found only a couple dozen posts that mentioned the story at all this week, mostly from users in groups for company shareholders.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 17/07/2026
3/ Since the Balogun story faded, the same users have extended their claims, citing FIFA's 2015 corruption indictment as evidence that the org has rigged the final for Argentina. Our full analysis below, ahead of Sunday's final:
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World Cup Conspiracy Theories Surge After FIFA Overturns USA Player’s Suspension - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 17/07/2026
2/ We tracked more than 38,000 posts since the World Cup began on June 11 across Bluesky, Fediverse platforms, Disqus, 4chan, and Telegram questioning FIFA's legitimacy, with an activity spiking right after news of Trump's involvement broke.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 17/07/2026
1/ FIFA reversed the suspension of USA player Folarin Balogun this month after Trump personally intervened with the org's president – and a surge of online skepticism about the World Cup's integrity followed. Thread 🧵
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hampton. @hampton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Writing for @openmeasures.io's blog, @jaredlholt.bsky.social discussed a surge in World Cup conspiracy theories, especially after Trump's intervention to get Balogun's suspension overturned. Interesting search graphic from the post here: openmeasures.io/world-cup-co... (short thread below)
export of a graph from the open measures platform showing a significant spike in activity shortly after july 5
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 16/07/2026
Researchers and threat monitoring teams consistently tell us that the tools they depend on haven’t kept up with the times, saying they often lack a full view of the web and transparent tools for analyzing large datasets. Some thoughts on how to address these issues: openmeasures.io/better-threa...
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Without Transparency, Threat Monitoring Tools Are Setting Up Users to Fail - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 15/07/2026
Hundreds of channels for white supremacist "active club" groups have appeared on Telegram over recent years, purporting to represent a growing network of "leaderless" racist groups across the world. But what if that's not exactly the case? Our latest: openmeasures.io/telegram-act...
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White Supremacist ‘Active Clubs’ Might Be Less Decentralized Than They Claim - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 14/07/2026
We identified more than 5 million posts in our datasets over the last year from users seeking to buy or sell accounts for at least one of 60+ US-based platforms. The stats are staggering. Payment processors were the most-targeted tech sector in posts we found. openmeasures.io/stolen-fake-...
Of the 5,071,864 posts our search queries identified:
About 83.2% named a payment processing platform (4,221,436 posts)
About 32.7% named a social media platform (1,656,215 posts)
About 26.7% named an e-commerce platform (1,354,015 posts)
About 8.5% named an artificial intelligence platform (429,720 posts)
About 5.7% named a gaming platform (289,286 posts)
About 5.6% named a dating platform (282,118 posts)
About 5% named a web development platform (252,522 posts)
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 14/07/2026
Our latest is a deep dive into the niche economy on Telegram where users buy and sell accounts for virtually every platform imaginable — sometimes for as little as $1 each, and in bulk quantities. openmeasures.io/stolen-fake-...
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Inside the Telegram Ecosystem Selling Compromised and Fake Accounts - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 13/07/2026
Check out the latest from our friends at ISD, who used our platform to help produce the findings in this important report
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 10/07/2026
We'll continue to follow developments around the case given the way its dividing MAGA communities online. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to get our latest research updates in your inbox: blog.openmeasures.io
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Open Measures | Substack
Original insights on disinformation and extremism from the corners of the internet the mainstream often overlooks. Click to read Open Measures, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 10/07/2026
While many of Kirk's allies interpreted the evidence presented as vindication that prosecutors had a strong case, their detractors cited certain pieces to question the timeline of Robinson's confession, possible other suspects, and "gaps" that might complicate the case.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 10/07/2026
Conspiracy theorists latched on to what they perceived as anomalies or inconsistencies in the prosecution's evidence to reaffirm their doubts. Across the posts we reviewed the most dominant themes were that Israel killed Kirk and that Robinson was the "fall guy" in a larger plot.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 10/07/2026
Prosecutors presented evidence against Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk, in a Utah court this week. As evidence was shared, conspiracy theorists fixated on pieces they said supported their suspicions that Robinson didn't act alone -- or that he didn't do it at all. Thread
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 02/07/2026
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A little blurb from me about the sudden death of a 4chan board that had become one of the internet's busiest and fastest-growing hubs for trading and soliciting AI-generated "deepfake" porn and how @openmeasures.io sees its role in what happened. openmeasures.io/4chan-adult-...
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4chan Quietly Pulled ‘Adult Requests’ Last Month. There’s Still No Sign It’s Coming Back. - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online content that impacts public discourse and global events.
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Open Measures @openmeasures.io · 30/06/2026
In this month's "ICYMI" newsletter... ⚠️ News about the closure of 4chan's "Adult Requests" imageboard 📰 All the research articles we published in June 🔗 Links to stories from others we think are worth your time 🌈 Happy Pride, Knicks in five! 🏀
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ICYMI: June 2026
Ebola conspiracy theories, Telegram cybercrime, anti-LGBTQ+ content on Truth Social, and a big update on 4chan's 'Adult Requests' imageboard
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