• 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.

November 2021

Suspicious Twitter accounts amplified hashtags ahead of Polish nationalist march

by Givi Gigitashvili

Accounts promoting a nationalist march in Poland exhibited multiple indicators raising questions of their authenticity.
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November 2021

Network of Facebook pages amplified Polish right-wing and tabloid media outlets

by Esteban Ponce de León, Givi Gigitashvili

Pages published the same links with identical text, often within a matter of seconds of each other
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October 2021

Belarus criticizes EU border tactics, with migrants caught in the middle

by Givi Gigitashvili

Belarusian government press releases accuse Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania of treating refugees and migrants inhumanely
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