HISTORICAL FACTS: Team jorge - Caught on Camera

Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election

Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023

The Guardian view on disinformation online: a 21st-century growth industry

Editorial: An undercover investigation reveals the threat to public discourse posed by private mercenaries dealing in lies and distortion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2023

What is Cambridge Analytica? Group manipulated Nigerian election

Previously known as SCL USA, Cambridge Analytica was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2023

French broadcaster BFMTV suspends presenter amid disinformation scandal

Rachid M’Barki, one of channel’s longest-serving hosts, suspended during inquiry into news packages linked to ‘Team Jorge’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles

Exclusive: Team Jorge disinformation unit controls vast army of avatars with fake profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Amazon and Airbnb

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections

Unit led by Tal Hanan that boasts vast army of bots exposed by undercover reporters and leaked emails

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

How undercover reporters caught ‘Team Jorge’ disinformation operatives on camera

For more than six months, undercover reporters posed as consultants working on behalf of a businessman who wanted to delay an African election

The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2023