We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has been active since 2023, but increased activity during the Iran-Israel conflict in June 2025.

The following is the Hebrew translation of the key findings from the Citizen Lab report titled We Think You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK – An AI-enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime  ממצאי הדו״ח רשת מתואמת של יותר מ 50 פרופילי משתמשים בדויים  ב X מבצעים באמצעות בינה מלאכותית קמפיין השפעה. הקמפיין שמשתמש… Read more »

The following is the Persian translation of the key findings from the Citizen Lab report titled We Think You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK – An AI-enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime یافته‌های کلیدی شبکه‌ای هماهنگ متشکل از بیش از ۵۰ پروفایل غیرواقعی در ایکس (X)، که ما از آن به عنوان «پریزِن‌بریک»… Read more »

Transnational repression is a serious threat to human rights.  Over the past decade, the Citizen Lab has published numerous reports examining transnational repression (TNR) across the globe, focusing specifically on its digital forms.  In response to increasing accounts of foreign governments reaching across borders to harass and silence people in the United Kingdom, the UK’s… Read more »

In a new article published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, the Citizen Lab’s Noura Aljizawi, Siena Anstis, and Gözde Böcü investigate the practice of transnational repression in its physical and digital forms. They examine its impacts on dissidents abroad, focusing especially on women and queer individuals, and argue that host states bear the… Read more »