• Resident Fellow

Givi Gigitashvili

Givi Gigitashvili is a resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). In this role, Gigitashvili investigates influence operations, social media manipulation, and FIMI campaigns targeting Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. 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 degrees from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (BA, Social Science), University of Tartu (MA, EU-Russia Studies), and King’s College London (Postgraduate Diploma, Strategic Communications). He has authored dozens of research reports and articles on disinformation, foreign influence operations, and information warfare. Gigitashvili speaks Georgian, English, Polish and Russian.

February 2026

Inauthentic networks fuel Poland’s border vigilante movement

by Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava

AI-generated content and inauthentic activity distort Poland's immigration debate
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December 2025

How social media manipulation fuels anti-Ukraine sentiment in Poland

by Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava

How inauthentic social media activity exploits political and security events to seed division between Poland and Ukraine
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November 2025

How a forged France 24 report fueled a radioactive lie concerning France-Armenia relations

by Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava

Forged media, impersonated journalists, and coordinated online networks drove a nuclear hoax targeting Armenia
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