• Research Associate, Caucasus

Sopo Gelava

Sopo Gelava is a research associate for the Caucasus with 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.

December 2021

Inauthentic network promoted far-right Georgian political party on Facebook

by Sopo Gelava

Alt-Info had previously been de-platformed for anti-LGBT posts; Facebook taking action against the latest network.
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July 2021

Online calls for attacks against Georgia’s LGBTQ community result in offline violence

by Sopo Gelava, Eto Buziashvili

Anti-LGBTQ, pro-Kremlin groups, and representatives of the Orthodox Church mobilized people online for violence in real life
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