• 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.

January 2025

Russia and Azerbaijan’s narrative warfare against Armenia’s European path

by Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava

Russia and Azerbaijan deploy aligned narratives to undermine Armenia's partnership with the West
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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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