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Digital occupation: Pro-Russian bot networks target Ukraine’s occupied territories on Telegram
Our latest report, launched in partnership with the Eurasia Center and OpenMinds, uncovers how thousands of fake Telegram accounts were used in a covert Russian influence campaign targeting Ukrainians in occupied territories.
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Foreign and domestic: Information manipulation during elections in Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
Polskanews.org: a foreign influence operation masquerading as Polish news
Gagauznews rebrands to launder sanctioned content into Moldova
Los vigilantes en la mira: Tecnologías de vigilancia para el control político en Venezuela
Watch the Watchers: Surveillance technologies for political control in Venezuela
AI-generated YouTube channels co-opt war coverage to farm nearly two billion views
Romanian channel launders sanctioned Russian content for domestic audiences
Coordinated Bulgarian Facebook network amplifies fabricated for-profit political content
From Delhi to Geneva, what’s next for AI governance?
In-Depth Reports
DFRLab’s groundbreaking investigations , in collaboration with Check First, uncover how the Russian Pravda network leverages cross-platform, multilingual influence operations and manipulates Wikipedia, large language models, and X to amplify pro-Kremlin narratives.
Foreign and domestic: Information manipulation during elections in Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
Los vigilantes en la mira: Tecnologías de vigilancia para el control político en Venezuela
Watch the Watchers: Surveillance technologies for political control in Venezuela
AI cooperation under the shadow of China’s Digital Silk Road
Building a common operational picture of FIMI: Using IMS to strengthen technical attribution and disruption
Lessons on countering foreign manipulation from Moldova’s 2025 elections
Digital occupation: Pro-Russian bot networks target Ukraine’s occupied territories on Telegram
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mapping the Global Spyware Market and its Threats to National Security and Human Rights
Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them
Projects
Foreign Interference Attribution Tracker
The DFRLab’s Foreign Interference Attribution Tracker (FIAT) is an interactive, open-source database that captures allegations of foreign interference relevant to the 2024 election. This tool assesses the credibility, bias, evidence, transparency, and impact of each claim.
Russian War Report
As Russia’s aggression in Europe heats up, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Moscow’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains.
Election Official Handbook: Preparing for Election Day Misinformation
As part of the Election Integrity Partnership, the DFRLab has analyzed roughly four hundred cases of election-related dis- and misinformation on social media. This memo gathers the findings and issues recommendations for US election officials: they must prepare for viral falsehoods online that persist for weeks.
Dichotomies of Disinformation
Via the DFRLab’s Github: This project isolates “political disinformation campaigns.” Dichotomies of Disinformation proposes and tests a classification system built on 150 variable options. Our intent is to establish a replicable, extensible system by which widely disparate disinformation campaigns can be categorized and compared.
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