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Research

Foreign and domestic: Information manipulation during elections in Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

By Eto Buziashvili, for DFRLAb Recent and upcoming elections in Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Armenia demonstrate the multitude of stressors that test a state’s ability to...

AI-generated YouTube Channels Co-opt War Coverage to farm nearly two billion views

Coordinated network deploys synthetic anchors, fabricated headlines, and LLM-produced scripts to capitalize on audience interest in Russia-Ukraine war. By Iryna Adam, Eto Buziashvili, for DFRLAb On January 2,...

4th EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats

By EUvsDisinfo DOWNLOAD PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 4th EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Threats provides a comprehensive assessment of FIMI activities worldwide, based...

Coordinated Bulgarian Facebook network amplifies fabricated for-profit political content

By Sopo Gelava, for DFRLab A coordinated Facebook network funnels users from groups to dailystandart, a monetized website publishing fabricated and misleading articles A Bulgarian website publishing...

AI cooperation under the shadow of China’s Digital Silk Road

China’s Digital Silk Road has become a central channel through which Beijing engages Global South countries on digital infrastructure and, increasingly, artificial intelligence. By Kenton...

Inauthentic networks fuel Poland’s border vigilante movement

AI-generated content and inauthentic activity distort Poland’s immigration debate By Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava, for DFRLab Citizen patrols along Poland’s border with Germany triggered a surge in online...

Attributing Russian Information Influence Operations: Testing the Information Influence Attribution Framework with real-world case...

By James Pamment, Ben Heap, Victoria Smith, Sofiia Dikhtiarenko, for NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Publication details ISBN:978-9934-619-68-7Year:2026Format:PDFPages:53Size:5.77 MB Read Online Download This report examines Russian...

Seeing the Whole Picture: a New Way to Track Russian FIMI

By EUvsDisinfo Russian disinformation campaigns are not random but organised, persistent, and designed to manipulate how people think, vote, and trust institutions. Despite years of...

Narrating the War: Analyzing Russia’s Narratives for Its Invasion of Ukraine

By Casey Michel, for Atlantic Council Download PDF Introduction Russia’s relationship with Ukraine Russia’s global standing About the author Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been, by any metric, a strategic nightmare for Moscow....

Kremlin-origin campaigns target Armenia with ‘Ukrainization’ narrative

As Armenia shifts its foreign policy, pro-Russia channels amplify familiar fearmongering narratives By Sopo Gelava, for DFRLAb Dual coordinated Kremlin-linked campaigns targeted Armenia with “second front” and...