• 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.

September 2023

Russian War Report: Competing claims about the possible death of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Following an attack by Ukrainian forces on the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, rumors swirled about the potential death of Russian Admiral Viktor Sokolov.
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September 2023

Armenian and Azerbaijani Telegram channels incite violence against each other

by Givi Gigitashvili

Telegram channels routinely publish graphic footage and hate speech, fueling online outrage in a decades-old conflict
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September 2023

Anti-Ukraine Telegram network targets audiences in nine languages

by Givi Gigitashvili

Network is linked to a former member of the Security Service of Ukraine
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