Next week, we're heading to the #Disinfo2026 conference! @disinfo.eu While the entire team will be attending the conference, two of us will also be speaking during separate sessions:
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New ways to fight online #disinformation. How public institutions can get a handle on #AI. How civil society pushes back against election interference. This week, we’re speaking at and taking part in a range of events. Different topics, same goal: building a safer online environment for everyone. ⤵️
𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 👾 -by our partner Snoop.ro For 5️⃣ months, we tracked over 100,000 ads displayed across 131 websites in Eastern Europe. After decoding the hidden mechanisms behind these ads, we uncovered a network of Russian companies.
📫 You've got mail! The September edition of Indeed, our monthly newsletter, is out. 🔗 r.crossover.social/3gvudqjxzlx... Here's what's inside ⤵️
CheckFirst is 6 years old already! 🥳 Read our blog post to find out more about our achievements of the past year: the innovative research we conducted, the fresh projects we built, and the new leadership team behind them. 🔗 checkfirst.network/checkfirsts...
CheckFirst’s 6th Birthday: a year of innovations - CheckFirst
We are delighted and proud to celebrate our sixth anniversary! We marked this occasion by reflecting on our achievements and learnings over the past year.
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 🌉 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲: how a pro-Russian IMS exploits vulnerabilities of decentralised platforms to spread propaganda 🔗 checkfirst.network/roska-bridge...
𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 🇦🇲 In the month ahead of #Armenia's June 7 parliamentary #elections, we monitored how Russian information manipulation sets were targeting the vote, and what #TikTok and #YouTube’s algorithms were actually serving to French users searching for content about it.
🎦 On May 19th, in a @disinfo.eu webinar, our COO @nellyp.bsky.social shared how @obsint.eu guidelines can support ethical #OSINT research. Watch the replay 🔗 checkfirst.network/watch-the-r...
Watch the replay: Ethics in the fight against disinformation: from theory to practice - CheckFirst
On May 19th, Nelly Pailleux discussed the ethical implications while conducting OSINT investigations in light of the ObSINT guidelines.
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Today, during a webinar hosted by @disinfo.eu, our COO @nellyp.bsky.social will discuss the ethical questions that surround the use of OSINT in disinformation investigations and how the @obsint.eu guidelines can help. Join the discussion at 2:30 pm, CEST 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/19-may-ethic...
Today, we’re releasing the CheckFirst Import Connector on Filigran’s #opensource cyber threat intelligence platform, #OpenCTI. This connector is built to help track and monitor the #Pravda network. 🔗 checkfirst.network/checkfirst-...
🎦 What can old military decorations found on the Internet reveal about the most opaque Russian intelligence infrastructures? In a webinar hosted by @disinfo.eu, @herve.checkfirst.network answered that question by presenting findings from two recent investigations merging #OSINT and phaleristics. ⤵️
Today, alongside @disinfo.eu, we are inviting you to attend a webinar in which we will explore our #OSINT investigations into Russian military awards. @herve.checkfirst.network will talk about our methodology, our findings and more! Join us 🔗 www.disinfo.eu/23-april-dec...
23 April: Case Study - Decoding Russian intelligence: What medals and insignia reveal
Explore how OSINT analysis of Russian military medals and insignia reveals hidden structures within the FSB and GRU’s cyber and intelligence operations.
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Join us tomorrow at 2:30 pm (CET) to find out more about our #OSINT work featuring Russian military awards!
Grab your pen, your notebook and your laptop, it's today! 🔥
CheckFirst@checkfirst.network · 6mo agoWant to know how #disinformation campaigns work? Come and see us at the Agora for #Journalism in Tours, France, on 9 April, where we'll be showcasing tutki.tech in a 90-minute workshop with @samsafr.bsky.social. Join us 🔗 journalisme.com/programmati...
Want to know how #disinformation campaigns work? Come and see us at the Agora for #Journalism in Tours, France, on 9 April, where we'll be showcasing tutki.tech in a 90-minute workshop with @samsafr.bsky.social. Join us 🔗 journalisme.com/programmati...
We partnered with @samsafr.bsky.social to help @radiofrance.fr journalists to learn how to identify and analyze #disinformation campaigns in electoral context. 🔗 checkfirst.network/check-first...
Check First and Samsa immerse French journalists in a virtual foreign interference campaign - CheckFirst
We constructed a one-day training with the French training organisation Samsa to help French journalists to learn how to identify and analyze information manipulation, disinformation campaigns, and coordinated inauthentic behavior in electoral context.
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🗳️ Pour en savoir plus sur les tentatives de manipulations de l'information pendant la campagne municipale française, on vous invite à écouter l'interview de notre CEO @herve.checkfirst.network dans @propagationspod.bsky.social ! 🎧 shows.acast.com/propagations...
Municipales 2026 : la désinfo russe au programme ? | Propagations
36000 communes, combien d'attaques informationnelles ?
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Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 7mo agoSébastien Delogu, François Piquemal et LFI ciblés par une campagne de désinformation en pleine campagne des municipales
📫 You've got mail! The March issue of our monthly newsletter 'Indeed' is out. This edition features a glimpse of our latest #investigation into the GRU's Information Operations Troops (VIO), using photographs of medals and #OSINT.
We invite you to attend @samsafr.bsky.social's 'Meetings of Editorial Innovation' and meet our CEO @herve.checkfirst.network. He will be taking part in a panel discussion on new security protocols alongside @cforissier.bsky.social (@contexte.com), Elodie Vialle and Carole Caumont (Samsa).
🛠️ Killing the supply chain: applying the IMS framework to Russian FIMI. Any doubt on how? 🗓️ Thursday 22 January | 14:30 CET Join our private webinar on building a common operational picture of FIMI. 🔗 Registration with a professional email address is required us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆! Tomorrow, our CEO @herve.checkfirst.network will take part in a French-language panel discussion entitled '𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦'. ⤵️
👀 Read our blogpost to find out more about the role we played in that research: checkfirst.network/a-collective...
A collective approach to documenting the supply chain of disinformation - CheckFirst
Together with EU DisinfoLab, Viginum, Cassini, the Auswärtiges Amt, the EEAS and the DFRLab, we decided that it was time to organise our shared knowledge for the benefit of the community, using the Vi...
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CheckFirst@checkfirst.network · 9mo agoWhat if we adopted a common approach to documenting, attributing and responding to #disinformation campaigns? Let's find out! 🔗https://www.disinfo.eu/building-a-common-operational-picture-of-fimi
What if we adopted a common approach to documenting, attributing and responding to #disinformation campaigns? Let's find out! 🔗https://www.disinfo.eu/building-a-common-operational-picture-of-fimi
Building a common operational picture of FIMI
This post outlines how Information Manipulation Sets (IMS) can improve attribution thresholds and countermeasures against Russian-led disinformation campaigns targeting Europe. Drawing on shared defin...
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EU DisinfoLab@disinfo.eu · 9mo agoDoppelganger, Overload, Storm-1516, Undercut 😵💫 Lost in translation when it comes to Russian information manipulation campaigns targeting the EU – and what can actually be done about them? 🧵⬇️
🔍 As a company dedicated to analysing online harms, we strive to adopt the highest safety standards and abide by industry norms, especially when dealing with illegal and sensitive material pertaining to children. This is why we are proud to announce that we've joined @iwf.org.uk's membership!
📫 The December issue of our monthly newsletter "Indeed" is out! We're looking back at 2025, a year full of new projects and investigations, fulfilling our objective to tackle #disinformation at its core. Read this edition 🔗 r.crossover.social/3gr1lvvxzlx...
Making the internet fairer, safer, and more transparent: same mission, new leadership. After 5 years of growth, Check First enters a new phase of development: Guillaume Kuster is leaving to take on new responsibilities, after playing a central role in building CF & shaping its mission and approach.
👀 Join @sciencefeedback.bsky.social and @disinfo.eu on Thursday, 11 December to find out more about the first results of the #SIMODS consortium! More about the SIMODS project 🔗 checkfirst.network/project/simo...
SIMODS - CheckFirst
CheckFirst participates in the Structural Indicators to Monitor Online Disinformation Scientifically Project (SIMODS), a collaborative initiative funded by the European Media and Information Fund, aim...
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EU DisinfoLab@disinfo.eu · 10mo ago💡𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Join us on Thursday, 11 December (14:30 CET) as we present the findings of the SIMODS study, a 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 on how six VLOPs are performing against disinfo. 🗣️ Emmanuel Vincent, from Science Feedback 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tomorrow at 14:15 (Brussels time), Shivika Sharma, our senior manager specialising in digital threats and policy, will join a panel exploring policy, regulation and institutional response regarding disinformation in electoral context. ⤵️