Meredith Furbish
Meredith Furbish is a visiting researcher at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab focusing on Russian propaganda and information manipulation.
She has previously contributed to research at the Center for Strategy, Technology, and Policy at Georgia Tech and interned with the Woodrow Wilson Center and the US Department of State. She was also a 2022 Fellow of the Monterrey Summer Symposium on Russia.
Meredith holds master’s degrees in international affairs and global media, as well as a bachelor’s degree in international affairs with Russian language, all from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her graduate capstone investigated Russian media coverage of Western sanctions.
February 2025
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and cycles of nuclear hysteria
Official channels, pro-Russian bloggers, and networks of inauthentic social media accounts claim that Ukraine is preparing to attack nuclear power facilities
December 2024
How inauthentic accounts exploit Telegram comments to spread anti-Ukrainian narratives
Analysis of more than 580,000 comments shows pattern of narrative attacks amplified via coordinated behavior; additional instances appeared in Facebook comments
October 2024
Russia-linked media outlets amplify conspiracies about US election rule changes
Kremlin-linked outlets fueling unfounded claims about voter fraud in US swing states
