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.

On May 19th, Nelly Pailleux discussed the ethical implications while conducting OSINT investigations in light of the ObSINT guidelines.

Explore how OSINT analysis of Russian military medals and insignia reveals hidden structures within the FSB and GRU’s cyber and intelligence operations.

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.

36000 communes, combien d'attaques informationnelles ?

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...

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...

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...

Train journalists and analysts to identify disinformation campaigns with interactive scenarios and advanced OSINT tools.

Science Feedback and partners have released a first measurement of Structural Indicators across six Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) in four EU member states (France, Spain, Poland, Slovakia). Belo...

CheckFirst is excited to announce the release of the latest version of RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Services Act), a practical framework designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the Digital Services Act (DSA). 

A confidential study found that a known Russian disinformation network had ramped up its posts by 60 percent while pushing the narrative that the European Commission president was “toxic.&#82…

This week, Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson welcome Valentin Chatelet, a research associate at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, for an urgent discussion of the Pravda Network--a Russia...

The Russian propaganda operation targeted at media organisations and fact-checkers is still going strong. Operation Overload, which we first documented in June 2024 is now leveraging AI generated cont...