Sopo Gelava
Sopo Gelava is associate director for research at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Prior to the DFRLab, she served as media literacy programs director at Media Development Foundation, leading Georgian think-tank countering disinformation and information operations. Sopo teaches fact-checking and verification courses at the University of Georgia (UG) and is leading the Investigative Media Lab at the university.
October 2026
How coordinated inauthentic networks amplified fears of war and national loss before Armenian elections
As Armenia and Azerbaijan moved toward peace, coordinated networks flooded Armenian social media with fears of war, resettlement, and national loss ahead of the June 2026 elections.
June 2026
Kremlin-aligned actors targeted Bulgarian vote with EU interference claims
Ahead of Bulgaria's elections, multilingual online information operations pushed claims of EU interference and censorship.
March 2026
Coordinated Bulgarian Facebook network amplifies fabricated for-profit political content
A coordinated Facebook network funnels users from groups to dailystandart, a monetized website publishing fabricated and misleading articles
