X failed to remove EU sanctioned Russian content when flagged, raising concerns over compliance with EU law and the DSA.
Foreign Information Manipulation in the 2025 German Federal Election
Authors & Consortium organisationsISD, Alliance4Europe, Debunk.org, GMF Alliance for Securing Democracy, DEN Institute, EU DisinfoLab. Project Contributors: Karolin Schwarz, CeMAS, Polisphere, 411 and Kemea Foreign and domestic actors exploited societal divides ahead of Germany’s 2025 federal election. Russian-aligned campaigns used...
The Masquerade Continues: Doppelgänger Interferes with Polish Elections
Authors: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Jakub Kubs, GLOBSEC. Wojciech Solak, Independent Researcher. Aleksandra Wojtowicz, Independent Researcher. Contributors: Lea Frühwirth, CeMAS. Or Yacobi, Alliance4Europe. Pavla Tarozikova, Alliance4Europe Executive Summary The long-standing Russian Doppelganger operation...
Banned, Yet Broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian State Media Influencing the Polish Elections
By Givi Gigitashvili, DFRLab, Martyna Hoffman, Political Accountability Foundation, Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe This report was written as part of a collaboration between the DFRLab, the Political Accountability Foundation, and Alliance4Europe. Read the same report on the website of the DFRLab here. Executive Summary Belarusian...
X Geofence Breaking– Sanctioned RT Promoting Polish Presidential Candidate
Author: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Note: the issue described below was addressed by X after we contacted their representatives. As the Polish Presidential Elections approach, the international Russian influence apparatus focuses more on the country. While many of these actors are sanctioned by the EU, it is up to the social media platforms to...
Poland: Country Election Risk Assessment (2025)
The Polish Presidential Elections in May 2025 are a critical democratic event. However, the current geopolitical climate, coupled with the increasing sophistication of FIMI tactics, threatens these elections’ fairness and integrity.. This report assesses the risks posed by Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) to the integrity of the upcoming Polish Presidential Elections in May 2025.
Illegal Doppelganger Operation: Targeting the Polish Elections
Do you like the work we are doing? With your help, we can continue defending European democracy! Authors: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Maria Voltsichina, Debunk.org. Pavlo Kryvenko, Debunk.org. Contributors: Aleksandra Wojtowicz, ISD. NASK Researcher. Introduction This report illustrates how the Russian influence operation Doppelganger...
Mothers of Europe – Munich Exhibition – 10th April – 27nd June 2025
April 10 – June 27, 2025 Neues Rathaus, 2. Stock, Ganggalerie vor den Büroräumen des Oberbürgermeisters, Marienplatz 8, Munich Following its showcase in Berlin, the Mothers of Europe exhibition arrives in Munich, continuing to honour the pioneering women who helped shape modern Europe. These extraordinary women fought for democracy, social...
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
Authors:Â 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...