Sayyara Mammadova
@sayyara.bsky.social
Associate Director, Capacity Building @DFRLab | Assessor @IFCN & @EFCSN
#OSINT #disinformation #DigitalSherlocks
#OSINT #disinformation #DigitalSherlocks
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I have exciting news: @dfrlab.bsky.social ‘s Digital Sherlocks is back! 🎉
This one is personal — as a #DigitalSherlocks alumna myself, managing and relaunching the program is a special moment.
For the first time, we are also partnering with @penn-mediated.bsky.social !
I have exciting news: @dfrlab.bsky.social ‘s Digital Sherlocks is back! 🎉
This one is personal — as a #DigitalSherlocks alumna myself, managing and relaunching the program is a special moment.
For the first time, we are also partnering with @penn-mediated.bsky.social !
April 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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I have exciting news: @dfrlab.bsky.social ‘s Digital Sherlocks is back! 🎉
This one is personal — as a #DigitalSherlocks alumna myself, managing and relaunching the program is a special moment.
For the first time, we are also partnering with @penn-mediated.bsky.social !
I have exciting news: @dfrlab.bsky.social ‘s Digital Sherlocks is back! 🎉
This one is personal — as a #DigitalSherlocks alumna myself, managing and relaunching the program is a special moment.
For the first time, we are also partnering with @penn-mediated.bsky.social !
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This is the gets-me-up-in-the-morning-work.
And grateful to get to work with the excellent @sayyara.bsky.social, @etbrooking.bsky.social & Graham Brookie.
And grateful to get to work with the excellent @sayyara.bsky.social, @etbrooking.bsky.social & Graham Brookie.
Penn MEDIATED is thrilled to partner with @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @dfrlab.bsky.social to 🚀 re-launch 🚀 the free Digital Sherlocks training program.
@upenn.edu faculty will deliver modules on cutting-edge data, tools, science, & methods of countering information manipulation.
Apply! Share!
@upenn.edu faculty will deliver modules on cutting-edge data, tools, science, & methods of countering information manipulation.
Apply! Share!
Applications are now open for Digital Sherlocks 2026 🕵️♀️
Join a global cohort learning how to investigate online information, track influence operations, and strengthen information integrity.
🗓 Apply by April 14
🔗 bit.ly/47JLw02
Join a global cohort learning how to investigate online information, track influence operations, and strengthen information integrity.
🗓 Apply by April 14
🔗 bit.ly/47JLw02
April 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
This is the gets-me-up-in-the-morning-work.
And grateful to get to work with the excellent @sayyara.bsky.social, @etbrooking.bsky.social & Graham Brookie.
And grateful to get to work with the excellent @sayyara.bsky.social, @etbrooking.bsky.social & Graham Brookie.
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Applications are now open for Digital Sherlocks 2026 🕵️♀️
Join a global cohort learning how to investigate online information, track influence operations, and strengthen information integrity.
🗓 Apply by April 14
🔗 bit.ly/47JLw02
Join a global cohort learning how to investigate online information, track influence operations, and strengthen information integrity.
🗓 Apply by April 14
🔗 bit.ly/47JLw02
April 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Applications are now open for Digital Sherlocks 2026 🕵️♀️
Join a global cohort learning how to investigate online information, track influence operations, and strengthen information integrity.
🗓 Apply by April 14
🔗 bit.ly/47JLw02
Join a global cohort learning how to investigate online information, track influence operations, and strengthen information integrity.
🗓 Apply by April 14
🔗 bit.ly/47JLw02
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🔎 Drawing on our expertise countering a range online harms, the DFRLab helped build the Academy as a mechanism to strengthen collective capacity to expose manipulation, protect human rights, and defend democracy in the digital age.
Read more: bit.ly/48kgBqy
Read more: bit.ly/48kgBqy
Atlantic Council’s DFRLab delivers the G7 RRM Digital Transnational Repression Detection Academy
TORONTO — November 25, 2025 — The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), a global leader in open-source research and digital capacity building, in partnership with Global Affairs ...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🔎 Drawing on our expertise countering a range online harms, the DFRLab helped build the Academy as a mechanism to strengthen collective capacity to expose manipulation, protect human rights, and defend democracy in the digital age.
Read more: bit.ly/48kgBqy
Read more: bit.ly/48kgBqy
It’s a tough time for our community. We’re seeing incredible colleagues lose their jobs, it is painful. But now more than ever, we must #HoldTheLine. Andy is a brilliant mentor and friend who leads with integrity, generosity, and deep care for people around him. (1/2)
Hi everyone.... This week, I'm winding down my role as managing editor and research director at the @dfrlab.bsky.social. Like so many other organizations investigating disinformation and other online threats, we were hit pretty hard due to stop-work orders from the US Department of State. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s a tough time for our community. We’re seeing incredible colleagues lose their jobs, it is painful. But now more than ever, we must #HoldTheLine. Andy is a brilliant mentor and friend who leads with integrity, generosity, and deep care for people around him. (1/2)
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Hi everyone.... This week, I'm winding down my role as managing editor and research director at the @dfrlab.bsky.social. Like so many other organizations investigating disinformation and other online threats, we were hit pretty hard due to stop-work orders from the US Department of State. 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hi everyone.... This week, I'm winding down my role as managing editor and research director at the @dfrlab.bsky.social. Like so many other organizations investigating disinformation and other online threats, we were hit pretty hard due to stop-work orders from the US Department of State. 🧵
1/ "too politically biased" "became a tool to censor" This is how Meta ends its Fact-Checking Program, which for years had unbiased, non-partisan, and hard-working fact-checking organizations around the world contributing to the prevention of misinformation and disinformation on its platforms
January 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
1/ "too politically biased" "became a tool to censor" This is how Meta ends its Fact-Checking Program, which for years had unbiased, non-partisan, and hard-working fact-checking organizations around the world contributing to the prevention of misinformation and disinformation on its platforms
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🕵️♂️ 🔎 DFRLab joined the #SofiaInformationIntegrityForum, collaborating with experts to combat online harms & democratic backsliding. We're thrilled for the opportunity to spotlight insights from our researchers @acarvin.bsky.social @vchatelet.bsky.social @sayyara.bsky.social @ruslantrad.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM
🕵️♂️ 🔎 DFRLab joined the #SofiaInformationIntegrityForum, collaborating with experts to combat online harms & democratic backsliding. We're thrilled for the opportunity to spotlight insights from our researchers @acarvin.bsky.social @vchatelet.bsky.social @sayyara.bsky.social @ruslantrad.bsky.social
NEW report: At @dfrlab.bsky.social we've investigated Telegram's role in Russia since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The report focuses on how Telegram emerged as a pivotal platform for 🇷🇺to justify the war in 🇺🇦 and undermine Western support.
dfrlab.org/2024/06/10/a...
dfrlab.org/2024/06/10/a...
Another battlefield: Telegram as a digital front in Russia’s war against Ukraine
DFRLab investigates the role of Telegram in Russia since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine
dfrlab.org
June 10, 2024 at 12:46 PM
NEW report: At @dfrlab.bsky.social we've investigated Telegram's role in Russia since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The report focuses on how Telegram emerged as a pivotal platform for 🇷🇺to justify the war in 🇺🇦 and undermine Western support.
dfrlab.org/2024/06/10/a...
dfrlab.org/2024/06/10/a...
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During the battle of Avdiivka, Russian information operations utilized Telegram and state media to push multiple claims to undermine Ukrainian morale and Western confidence in its Ukrainian partners. Our overview with @vchatelet.bsky.social and @sayyara.bsky.social:
Russian information operations targeted Ukraine and NATO during the battle for Avdiivka
Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels and state media pushed multiple narratives to undermine Ukraine and its western partners
dfrlab.org
May 22, 2024 at 8:32 PM
During the battle of Avdiivka, Russian information operations utilized Telegram and state media to push multiple claims to undermine Ukrainian morale and Western confidence in its Ukrainian partners. Our overview with @vchatelet.bsky.social and @sayyara.bsky.social:
Our latest with @buziashvili.bsky.social 👇
Russian disinformation campaigns have found fertile ground in Bulgaria, with Kremlin-run Telegram channels seeding falsehoods into the country's information landscape and spreading them via channels with over 65,000 subscribers. The latest from the DFRLab:
Kremlin-linked Telegram channels seed anti-Ukraine and anti-West narratives in Bulgaria
Pro-Kremlin Bulgarian Telegram channels amplify disinformation seeded by Kremlin-run channels.
dfrlab.org
April 3, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Our latest with @buziashvili.bsky.social 👇
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It has been about six months since Wagner failed mutiny in Russia. Using geolocation, @dfrlab.bsky.social's @vchatelet.bsky.social and @sayyara.bsky.social documented damages and losses and estimated that the mutiny resulted in at least RUB 440 million (~$16.5 million) of equipment loss.
See how:
See how:
Documenting equipment losses from the 2023 Wagner mutiny
The DFRLab revisits Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed insurrection against the Russian military, six months ago this week
dfrlab.org
January 3, 2024 at 2:42 PM
It has been about six months since Wagner failed mutiny in Russia. Using geolocation, @dfrlab.bsky.social's @vchatelet.bsky.social and @sayyara.bsky.social documented damages and losses and estimated that the mutiny resulted in at least RUB 440 million (~$16.5 million) of equipment loss.
See how:
See how:
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More than five years after the murder of Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, pro-Saudi accounts on X continue to target his Turkish fiancée and fellow activist, Hatice Cengiz, with death threats and insults by at least 100 highly-engaged accounts that displayed indicators of coordination.
Pro-Saudi X accounts repeatedly harassed activist and fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashogg...
Turkish activist Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, targeted on the platform formerly known as Twitter
dfrlab.org
January 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM
More than five years after the murder of Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, pro-Saudi accounts on X continue to target his Turkish fiancée and fellow activist, Hatice Cengiz, with death threats and insults by at least 100 highly-engaged accounts that displayed indicators of coordination.
Six months since the failed mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin against the Russian MoD. With my colleague @vchatelet.bsky.social we analyzed available open-source evidence to document equipment losses from the 2023 Wagner mutiny. Read our latest at @dfrlab.bsky.social 👇
dfrlab.org/2023/12/21/d...
dfrlab.org/2023/12/21/d...
Documenting equipment losses from the 2023 Wagner mutiny
The DFRLab revisits Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed insurrection against the Russian military, six months ago this week
dfrlab.org
December 24, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Six months since the failed mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin against the Russian MoD. With my colleague @vchatelet.bsky.social we analyzed available open-source evidence to document equipment losses from the 2023 Wagner mutiny. Read our latest at @dfrlab.bsky.social 👇
dfrlab.org/2023/12/21/d...
dfrlab.org/2023/12/21/d...
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My team at @dfrlab.bsky.social just published this report by U of Cincinnati Prof. Michael Loadenthal in which he analyzes how Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups use Telegram to distribute propaganda videos, particularly footage touting their weaponry. dfrlab.org/2023/12/12/h...
How Palestinian militants use Telegram videos in the Mideast conflict
Palestinian militant factions appear to be operating with a high degree of technical coordination, producing uniformly branded propaganda videos
dfrlab.org
December 12, 2023 at 2:20 PM
My team at @dfrlab.bsky.social just published this report by U of Cincinnati Prof. Michael Loadenthal in which he analyzes how Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups use Telegram to distribute propaganda videos, particularly footage touting their weaponry. dfrlab.org/2023/12/12/h...
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Russian War Report | December 15
Russian conscription targets students and migrants
Putin announces presidential bid in annexed regions
Moscow bans QR codes
These and more in the latest #RussianWarReport
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
Russian conscription targets students and migrants
Putin announces presidential bid in annexed regions
Moscow bans QR codes
These and more in the latest #RussianWarReport
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
December 15, 2023 at 9:18 PM
Russian War Report | December 15
Russian conscription targets students and migrants
Putin announces presidential bid in annexed regions
Moscow bans QR codes
These and more in the latest #RussianWarReport
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
Russian conscription targets students and migrants
Putin announces presidential bid in annexed regions
Moscow bans QR codes
These and more in the latest #RussianWarReport
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
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Next week! Join as @dfrlab.bsky.social, Duco, and @katieharbath.bsky.social's Anchor Change host an exciting conversation on the massive year of voting that will be 2024 - 83 national elections in 78 countries - and tech's role in informing developing global elections plans and strategies.
RSVP:
RSVP:
Elections everywhere all at once
An expert conversation on the implications of the 83 elections occurring in 78 countries in 2024.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
December 1, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Next week! Join as @dfrlab.bsky.social, Duco, and @katieharbath.bsky.social's Anchor Change host an exciting conversation on the massive year of voting that will be 2024 - 83 national elections in 78 countries - and tech's role in informing developing global elections plans and strategies.
RSVP:
RSVP:
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The @dfrlab.bsky.social's @laylam.bsky.social joined the BBC to discuss how mis- and disinformation on social media have changed the way people consume the news, particularly with regard to the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
Conversation starts at 34:10:
Conversation starts at 34:10:
Newshour - Missile strikes Gaza refugee camp - BBC Sounds
Hamas-led health ministry accuses Israel of killing more than thirty in the airstrike
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2023 at 7:05 PM
The @dfrlab.bsky.social's @laylam.bsky.social joined the BBC to discuss how mis- and disinformation on social media have changed the way people consume the news, particularly with regard to the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
Conversation starts at 34:10:
Conversation starts at 34:10:
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Today, President Biden issued an executive order on developing trustworthy artificial intelligence. While not exhaustive, it is an opening salvo for conversations the US government must have about AI.
Atlantic Council Experts React ft. @dfrlab.bsky.social Graham Brookie & @rosejackson.bsky.social:
Atlantic Council Experts React ft. @dfrlab.bsky.social Graham Brookie & @rosejackson.bsky.social:
Experts react: What does Biden’s new executive order mean for the future of AI?
US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order intended to make artificial intelligence safer, more secure, and more trustworthy. Atlantic Council experts share their insights.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
October 30, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Today, President Biden issued an executive order on developing trustworthy artificial intelligence. While not exhaustive, it is an opening salvo for conversations the US government must have about AI.
Atlantic Council Experts React ft. @dfrlab.bsky.social Graham Brookie & @rosejackson.bsky.social:
Atlantic Council Experts React ft. @dfrlab.bsky.social Graham Brookie & @rosejackson.bsky.social:
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The @dfrlab.bsky.social rolling deep to EU Disinfo Lab's Disinfo2023!
Today, Mattia Caniglia, Sayyara Mammadova, and Givi Gigitashvili held a workshop on open source investigation methods while Resident Senior Fellow Emerson Brooking discussed disinformation policies across global perspectives.
Today, Mattia Caniglia, Sayyara Mammadova, and Givi Gigitashvili held a workshop on open source investigation methods while Resident Senior Fellow Emerson Brooking discussed disinformation policies across global perspectives.
October 12, 2023 at 1:32 PM
The @dfrlab.bsky.social rolling deep to EU Disinfo Lab's Disinfo2023!
Today, Mattia Caniglia, Sayyara Mammadova, and Givi Gigitashvili held a workshop on open source investigation methods while Resident Senior Fellow Emerson Brooking discussed disinformation policies across global perspectives.
Today, Mattia Caniglia, Sayyara Mammadova, and Givi Gigitashvili held a workshop on open source investigation methods while Resident Senior Fellow Emerson Brooking discussed disinformation policies across global perspectives.
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How to use TG Collector to scrape #Telegram channels
Quick 4 step guide from Sayyara Mammadova @sayyara.bsky.social
osintteam.blog/open-source-...
#osint #socmint
Quick 4 step guide from Sayyara Mammadova @sayyara.bsky.social
osintteam.blog/open-source-...
#osint #socmint
September 22, 2023 at 4:30 PM
How to use TG Collector to scrape #Telegram channels
Quick 4 step guide from Sayyara Mammadova @sayyara.bsky.social
osintteam.blog/open-source-...
#osint #socmint
Quick 4 step guide from Sayyara Mammadova @sayyara.bsky.social
osintteam.blog/open-source-...
#osint #socmint
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The DFRLab analyzed a Russian narrative that accused the Baltic states of the attack on Pskov airport. New from @sayyara.bsky.social & Valentin Châtelet.
Russian media spread rumors accusing Baltic states of drone attack
Unsupported claims from Russian media and Telegram blamed Latvia and Estonia for perpetrating August 29 attack on Pskov airport
dfrlab.org
September 12, 2023 at 1:00 PM
The DFRLab analyzed a Russian narrative that accused the Baltic states of the attack on Pskov airport. New from @sayyara.bsky.social & Valentin Châtelet.
A screenshot circulating online allegedly showing "Shahed-171 photographed while flying near the border with Azerbaijan and Armenia". With just two clicks (tip: use reverse image search), you can find that this photo is from 2018. #debunked
September 7, 2023 at 11:57 PM
A screenshot circulating online allegedly showing "Shahed-171 photographed while flying near the border with Azerbaijan and Armenia". With just two clicks (tip: use reverse image search), you can find that this photo is from 2018. #debunked
The deadline to apply the @dfrlab.bsky.social ‘s #DigitalSherlocks program is September 5th! Participate in this unique online program to develop new skills in combating disinformation, including #OSINT, source verification, geolocation, narrative analysis and more. form.jotform.com/232196082048...
360/Digital Sherlocks: Fall 2023 Applications
Please click the link to complete this form.
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August 30, 2023 at 2:30 PM
The deadline to apply the @dfrlab.bsky.social ‘s #DigitalSherlocks program is September 5th! Participate in this unique online program to develop new skills in combating disinformation, including #OSINT, source verification, geolocation, narrative analysis and more. form.jotform.com/232196082048...
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🚨 📱 NEW REPORT: Protecting point-to-point messaging apps: Understanding Telegram, WeChat, and WhatsApp in the United States
Learn about the growing use of these platforms in the US and how differences in design and policy affect these apps, their users' privacy, and free speech.
Learn about the growing use of these platforms in the US and how differences in design and policy affect these apps, their users' privacy, and free speech.
Protecting point-to-point messaging apps: Understanding Telegram, WeChat, and WhatsApp in the United...
A year-long project on protecting users' data and privacy that analyzes the growing use of point-to-point messaging platforms in the United States and the implications their design and governing polic...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
August 14, 2023 at 2:40 PM
🚨 📱 NEW REPORT: Protecting point-to-point messaging apps: Understanding Telegram, WeChat, and WhatsApp in the United States
Learn about the growing use of these platforms in the US and how differences in design and policy affect these apps, their users' privacy, and free speech.
Learn about the growing use of these platforms in the US and how differences in design and policy affect these apps, their users' privacy, and free speech.