Esteban Ponce de León
Esteban Ponce de León is a resident fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) of the Atlantic Council. Esteban specializes in open-source research, online disinformation, and influence operations, with a focus on developing open-source intelligence tools and research methods grounded in data science. His work focuses in developing methods to integrate artificial intelligence models into digital research workflows to enhance open research, as well as developing methodology frameworks to assess artificial intelligence language models capabilities and risks for the information environment.
June 2023
Coordinated Telegram channels aggregate anti-Ukrainian news from around the globe
Network promotes anti-Ukrainian news from multiple countries while heavily amplifying content from a Telegram channel allegedly affiliated with Yevgeny Prigozhin's RIA FAN news agency
November 2022
Analizando el volumen de las narrativas del Kremlin dirigidas al mundo hispanohablante
La interacción con los contenidos de RT en español disminuyó en Facebook, pero continúa floreciendo en Twitter
November 2022
Analyzing the volume of Kremlin narratives targeting the Spanish-speaking world
Engagement with RT en Español content decreased on Facebook but continues to flourish on Twitter