• Research Associate, Caucasus

Givi Gigitashvili

Givi Gigitashvili is a research associate at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. In this role, Gigitashvili investigates influence operations, social media manipulation, and computational propaganda campaigns in Eastern European and South Caucasus countries. Before joining the DFRLab in 2019, Gigitashvili worked as an international development consultant for Ecorys, an international research and consulting company, where he was providing research and consultancy services to a wide range of public and private clients in Eastern European countries.

Gigitashvili holds a bachelor’s degree in social science from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, a master’s degree in EU-Russia studies from University of Tartu, and a postgraduate diploma in strategic communications from King’s College London.

December 2024

Partnering to counter information manipulation in South Caucasus and Eastern Europe

Project MUGA (Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia) is led by the INFO OPS Poland Foundation in partnership with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.
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December 2024

How inauthentic accounts exploit Telegram comments to spread anti-Ukrainian narratives

by Roman Osadchuk, Iryna Adam, Givi Gigitashvili, Meredith Furbish

Analysis of more than 580,000 comments shows pattern of narrative attacks amplified via coordinated behavior; additional instances appeared in Facebook comments
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December 2024

Suspicious Georgia protest-related Facebook ads lure users into financial scam

by Sopo Gelava, Givi Gigitashvili

Many ads impersonated local media outlets to direct users to financial scam websites
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