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...

RADAR is a framework for assessing and mitigating Digital Service Act (DSA) regulatory risks. Developed by CheckFirst, it guides digital service providers through compliance checkpoints and best practices.

Interactive dashboard visualizing patterns, language distribution, domain connections and more across the Pravda Russian network.

Pro-Kremlin content pollutes sources on multiple platforms, sparking worries of false claims and sanctioned content reaching global audiences

CheckFirst, in partnership with DFRLab, shows how the Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and...

The network formerly known as Portal Kombat added new domains and expanded its geographic reach over the last year

A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.

The text of the following statement was released by the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism, which includes Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingd...

Check First, in partnership with Reset.tech and AI Forensics, unveils the extent to which Kremlin-linked entity SDA have exploited Meta platforms to disseminate propaganda.

It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on...

Une décision historique. La cour constitutionnelle roumaine a annulé l’élection présidentielle, dont le second tour était prévu le 8 décembre. En cause, l’arrivée en tête du premier tour de Călin Geor...

Investigations should finally shed light on how algorithms win votes and influence people

Meta Platforms Inc. allowed a network of Facebook pages to post more than 4,100 political ads attacking Romania’s pro-EU presidential candidate Elena Lasconi and promoting far-right figures, including...

by John Albert, DSA Observatory This post shares insights from a DSA Observatory workshop held on 18 November 2024, where researchers and legal experts met to discuss what’s new in the draft delegated...

Continuing the collaboration between Check First and Reset.tech, our latest findings confirm that the operation is based in Russia. We also describe how Operation Overload has now shifted its focus to...

This AI audio filter improves spoken audio to make it sound like it was recorded in a soundproofed studio.

Video. A new study has found that TikTok’s search suggestions contained toxic language towards women and minorities in Finland.

Jusqu'à quel point le feuilleton des trahisons et des alliances, à droite comme à gauche est-il de nature à troubler la lisibilité du scrutin ? Et quelles conséquences pourraient avoir le niveau de pa...

VIGINUM publie un rapport technique sur « Matriochka », une campagne de manipulation de l’information prorusse ciblant les médias et la communauté des fact-checkers.

The EU institutions are playing their part in defending the European elections on 6-9 June against disinformation and information manipulation targeting European democracy.

“Please Check”. More that 800 organisations, among which many media outlets have been flooded with emails and social media mentions urging them to verify dubious claims undermining Ukraine, France and...

We welcome the action from the European Commission to open formal proceedings into Meta's Facebook and Instagram over suspected breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Last June, we revealed how n...

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L'hémicycle européen craint d’être la cible d’opérations de désinformation et de cyberattaques à l’approche des élections européennes, en juin prochain. En pleine guerre en Ukraine, la Russie intensif...

Our webinar on 14 March, featuring Guillaume Kuster, CEO of Check First, offers an in-depth analysis of the Finnish far right's presence and visibility on social media platforms in the lead-up to the ...

Logically Facts looks at the Finnish misinformation landscape ahead of elections.

What Ukrainian practitioners can teach us about countering Russian disinformation, propaganda and information aggression

Dans une étude parue lundi, AI Forensics et Check First mettent en lumière la façon dont Amazon surexpose des ouvrages trompeurs ou controversés dans ses rayons en lignes.

Les services d’Elisabeth Borne ont donné jusqu’au 8 décembre aux ministres pour installer l’application Olvid, et ne plus utiliser les principales applications « grand public » (WhatsApp,...