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OSINT Researcher – Counter Influence Operations

OSINT Researcher – Counter Influence Operations

POSITION CLOSED Sorry, we are no longer accepting applications for this position! ____________________________________________________________________ Alliance4Europe is looking for an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) researcher to work with our team in countering disinformation threats, and support the development of our research team. As an…

Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election

Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election

Authors:  Julia Smirnova, CeMAS, Karolin Schwarz, Independent, Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. English language editors: Joel Haglund and Bia Bittencourt, Alliance4Europe. Read the German language version of this article on CeMAS website.   1. Introduction Research by CORRECTIV, Newsguard and Gnida Project documented how the Russian influence…

Sky’s the Limit – Russian Influence Operation Doppelgänger Expands to Bluesky

Sky’s the Limit – Russian Influence Operation Doppelgänger Expands to Bluesky

Summary – On January 17, more than 100 German language Doppelganger accounts become active on Bluesky, replying to posts by authentic users. During the same period, posts in English, Polish, French, and Turkish also appeared with the same pattern of behaviour. – The influence operation focused on narratives discrediting Ukraine and…

RT Germany Creates New X Account, Mocks Sanctions and the EU

RT Germany Creates New X Account, Mocks Sanctions and the EU

Author: Karolin Schwarz⁩. Editor: Saman Nazari. Summary The German-language branch of the Russian-sanctioned media RT set up a new X account in January and started posting on January 13. The account was banned by X on the 17th of January but restored on the 21st of January The account has accumulated 17.3 thousand followers, being accessible to…

Shor’s Echo: Influence Operations Targeting Moldovan Gagauzia

Shor’s Echo: Influence Operations Targeting Moldovan Gagauzia

 2.12. Image credit: Maxence Peniguet on Flickr, creative commons licence, https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxxp/ Author:Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. This flash report was made possible through collaborations facilitated through the Counter Disinformation Network’s IDA project. For more information, please read the last section of this report. …

Illegal Russian Influence Operations Continue Despite Sanctions

Illegal Russian Influence Operations Continue Despite Sanctions

Author: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe.  Contributor: Lea Frühwirth, CeMAS.  A special thank you to Lars Wienand from T-online for informing us that the Doppelganger links are working again.  This flash report was made possible through collaborations facilitated through the Counter Disinformation Network. Summary   In this report, we will…

Chinese State Media Violating Meta Ad Policy in Europe

Chinese State Media Violating Meta Ad Policy in Europe

Author: Saman Nazari, Lead Researcher, Alliance4Europe. This flash report was created as part of the IDA project led by Alliance4Europe and supported by the Counter Disinformation Network. Funding details are provided at the bottom of the article. In this report, we will show how two Chinese state-controlled media outlets have used Meta to…

Georgescu’s Unexpected Win: A Story of Algorithmic Manipulation

Georgescu’s Unexpected Win: A Story of Algorithmic Manipulation

Introduction This briefing was produced through the Counter Disinformation Network reviewing findings around the recent Romanian elections. This overview of findings by analysts in the democracy-defending community points towards the need for more research on what took place. We present anecdotal evidence illustrating a concerning phenomenon….

The International Far-Right’s Impact on the UK Southport Riots

The International Far-Right’s Impact on the UK Southport Riots

Authors: Al Baker, Managing Director, Prose Intelligence. Ned Mendez, Counter Disinformation & Insights Lead, 411 Julian Neylan, Training Programme Lead, Alliance4Europe. Saman Nazari, Lead Researcher, Alliance4Europe. This report was made possible through the Counter Disinformation Network, a network of organisations and individuals working…

Fool Me Once: Russian Influence Operation Doppelganger Continues on X and Facebook

Fool Me Once: Russian Influence Operation Doppelganger Continues on X and Facebook

A Counter Disinformation Network Report(PDF) EditorsLea Frühwirth, CeMAS (Center for Monitoring, Analysis & Strategy)Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe Authors Charles Terroille, Science FeedbackMax Lesser, FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)Ivana Stradner, FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)Claudia de Sessa, Alliance4EuropeLorenzo…