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.
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April 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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-...
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Based on: OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
By @ sector035 — published July 2025 by CheckFirst
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By @ sector035 — published July 2025 by CheckFirst
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July 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Based on: OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
By @ sector035 — published July 2025 by CheckFirst
osintcombine.com/blo...
By @ sector035 — published July 2025 by CheckFirst
osintcombine.com/blo...
Full investigation:
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
Published by CheckFirst under a CC BY-SA license.
osintcombine.com/blo...
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
Published by CheckFirst under a CC BY-SA license.
osintcombine.com/blo...
July 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Full investigation:
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
Published by CheckFirst under a CC BY-SA license.
osintcombine.com/blo...
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
Published by CheckFirst under a CC BY-SA license.
osintcombine.com/blo...
Brilliant work here by @checkfirst.network.
Unveiling GRU's Information Operations Troops with OSINT and Medals - CheckFirst
We tracked the infrastructure of one of the most secretive units of Russian intelligence by using phaleristics (i.e. the academic study of medals and military decorations) and traditional OSINT techni...
checkfirst.network
February 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Brilliant work here by @checkfirst.network.
🚨 NEW REPORT
🔎 The Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and Wikipedia.
🗒️ X’s Community notes are unable to aptly address the spread of “Pravda” content on the platform.
🔎 The Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and Wikipedia.
🗒️ X’s Community notes are unable to aptly address the spread of “Pravda” content on the platform.
“Pravda” Network: Worldwide Expansion and LLM, Wikipedia Pollution - CheckFirst
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...
checkfirst.network
March 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚨 NEW REPORT
🔎 The Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and Wikipedia.
🗒️ X’s Community notes are unable to aptly address the spread of “Pravda” content on the platform.
🔎 The Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and Wikipedia.
🗒️ X’s Community notes are unable to aptly address the spread of “Pravda” content on the platform.
Check First looks at how Meta has failed to detect and ran politically-themed ads from the Social Design Agency, a Russian disinformation group sanctioned by US authorities
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
Influence by Design: How Meta Accepted Russian Propaganda Payments Despite Sanctions - CheckFirst
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.
checkfirst.network
January 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Check First looks at how Meta has failed to detect and ran politically-themed ads from the Social Design Agency, a Russian disinformation group sanctioned by US authorities
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
The April edition of our newsletter "Indeed" is out! While new presidential elections in Romania are coming, it features new findings about the influence of digital platforms on public opinion.
Read the newsletter: r.crossover.social/3gku9l7xzlx...
Subscribe: https://checkfirst.network/newsletter/
Read the newsletter: r.crossover.social/3gku9l7xzlx...
Subscribe: https://checkfirst.network/newsletter/
Indeed! The official Check First newsletter - CheckFirst
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April 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The April edition of our newsletter "Indeed" is out! While new presidential elections in Romania are coming, it features new findings about the influence of digital platforms on public opinion.
Read the newsletter: r.crossover.social/3gku9l7xzlx...
Subscribe: https://checkfirst.network/newsletter/
Read the newsletter: r.crossover.social/3gku9l7xzlx...
Subscribe: https://checkfirst.network/newsletter/
#CIB #Disinformation #InfluenceOps
Operation Overload:
COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR
#CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
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Operation Overload:
COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR
#CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
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🧵 Operation Overload: A Case of Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Designed to Waste Time
Some disinfo campaigns aren’t built to convince the public.
They’re built to overload journalists, distract fact-checkers, and dilute verification capacity.
This one did all three.
Some disinfo campaigns aren’t built to convince the public.
They’re built to overload journalists, distract fact-checkers, and dilute verification capacity.
This one did all three.
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#CIB #Disinformation #InfluenceOps
Operation Overload:
COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR
#CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
🧵👇
Operation Overload:
COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR
#CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
🧵👇
If you want to understand modern intelligence work — or how open-source methods evolve — read the full report:
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
By @ sector035
Published July 2025, CheckFirst
osintcombine.com/blo...
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
By @ sector035
Published July 2025, CheckFirst
osintcombine.com/blo...
July 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you want to understand modern intelligence work — or how open-source methods evolve — read the full report:
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
By @ sector035
Published July 2025, CheckFirst
osintcombine.com/blo...
OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities
By @ sector035
Published July 2025, CheckFirst
osintcombine.com/blo...
I #figlidiputin sono sbarcati anche qui.
Non solo Facebook e X | Il nuovo fronte della propaganda passa anche dai social come Mastodon e Bluesky - Linkiesta.it
Le campagne di disinformazione non si limitano più alle grandi piattaforme, ma si stanno adattando anche a quelle decentralizzate. Un recente caso analizzato dai ricercatori di CheckFirst mostra come ...
www.linkiesta.it
July 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I #figlidiputin sono sbarcati anche qui.
1. My team first exposed Matryoshka on X/Twitter in Jan 2024 (as reported with AFP, EFE, SVT and others). Our findings were later corroborated by VIGINUM, CheckFirst / ResetTech and other researchers.
January 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
1. My team first exposed Matryoshka on X/Twitter in Jan 2024 (as reported with AFP, EFE, SVT and others). Our findings were later corroborated by VIGINUM, CheckFirst / ResetTech and other researchers.
Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia’s Hidden SIGINT Network by @checkfirst.network
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Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia's Hidden SIGINT Network - CheckFirst
Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive uni...
checkfirst.network
July 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia’s Hidden SIGINT Network by @checkfirst.network
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Despite international sanctions, #Meta is accepting payments from Russian propagandists. Our latest report with @aiforensics.org & Reset underscore how Meta has failed to moderate over 8,000 political ads from the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency (SDA). #SDALeak
Influence by Design: How Meta Accepted Russian Propaganda Payments Despite Sanctions - CheckFirst
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.
checkfirst.network
January 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Despite international sanctions, #Meta is accepting payments from Russian propagandists. Our latest report with @aiforensics.org & Reset underscore how Meta has failed to moderate over 8,000 political ads from the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency (SDA). #SDALeak
Parking meters, restaurant menus, "scan to pay" flyers taped over the real one -- a QR code doesn't show you where it's taking you until you've already scanned it. CheckFirst decodes and checks the link first. Early access at ai-check-first.com.
September 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Parking meters, restaurant menus, "scan to pay" flyers taped over the real one -- a QR code doesn't show you where it's taking you until you've already scanned it. CheckFirst decodes and checks the link first. Early access at ai-check-first.com.
‘The report estimates that Meta earned approximately $338,000 from ads run by Kremlin-linked SDA — even after the agency was sanctioned.
This raises serious questions about Meta’s role in enabling state-sponsored influence operations.’
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
This raises serious questions about Meta’s role in enabling state-sponsored influence operations.’
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
Influence by Design: How Meta Accepted Russian Propaganda Payments Despite Sanctions - CheckFirst
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.
checkfirst.network
January 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
‘The report estimates that Meta earned approximately $338,000 from ads run by Kremlin-linked SDA — even after the agency was sanctioned.
This raises serious questions about Meta’s role in enabling state-sponsored influence operations.’
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
This raises serious questions about Meta’s role in enabling state-sponsored influence operations.’
checkfirst.network/influence-by...
Romanian elections: not only a story about TikTok accounts, but also about ad campaigns on Facebook violating Meta's own ad policies. By @checkfirst.network
#elections #advertising #commsky
checkfirst.network/research-not...
#elections #advertising #commsky
checkfirst.network/research-not...
Research Note: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election - CheckFirst
Check First, with the help of Reset.tech, EU DisinfoLab and independent journalists Luiza Vasiliu and Victor Ilie publish the flash research note “Ads, Influence, and Democracy: Meta’s Role in Romania...
checkfirst.network
December 9, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Romanian elections: not only a story about TikTok accounts, but also about ad campaigns on Facebook violating Meta's own ad policies. By @checkfirst.network
#elections #advertising #commsky
checkfirst.network/research-not...
#elections #advertising #commsky
checkfirst.network/research-not...
Just finished reading this fascinating report by CheckFirst, which, through an investigation combining OSINT and phaleristics (the study of military decorations), managed to map part of the structure of the GRU’s information operations troops (VIO). Congrats folks!
checkfirst.network/unveiling-gr...
checkfirst.network/unveiling-gr...
Unveiling GRU's Information Operations Troops with OSINT and Medals - CheckFirst
We tracked the infrastructure of one of the most secretive units of Russian intelligence by using phaleristics (i.e. the academic study of medals and military decorations) and traditional OSINT techni...
checkfirst.network
February 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Just finished reading this fascinating report by CheckFirst, which, through an investigation combining OSINT and phaleristics (the study of military decorations), managed to map part of the structure of the GRU’s information operations troops (VIO). Congrats folks!
checkfirst.network/unveiling-gr...
checkfirst.network/unveiling-gr...
Romanian presidential election: It's not all about TikTok. We've uncovered over 4k political ads on Meta's platforms. They were run from 25 facebook pages tied to a network of websites pushing unverified claims in favour of the far-right.
Read more: checkfirst.network/research-not...
Read more: checkfirst.network/research-not...
Research Note: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election - CheckFirst
Check First, with the help of Reset.tech, EU DisinfoLab and independent journalists Luiza Vasiliu and Victor Ilie publish the flash research note “Ads, Influence, and Democracy: Meta’s Role in Romania...
checkfirst.network
December 9, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Romanian presidential election: It's not all about TikTok. We've uncovered over 4k political ads on Meta's platforms. They were run from 25 facebook pages tied to a network of websites pushing unverified claims in favour of the far-right.
Read more: checkfirst.network/research-not...
Read more: checkfirst.network/research-not...
👀 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...
More about the SIMODS project 🔗 checkfirst.network/project/simo...
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
👀 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...
More about the SIMODS project 🔗 checkfirst.network/project/simo...
Next, we look at a different strategy:
A TikTok-based campaign that used AI-generated audio and 12,800 coordinated accounts to attack a Ukrainian official.
#CIB #Disinformation #InfluenceOps #CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
A TikTok-based campaign that used AI-generated audio and 12,800 coordinated accounts to attack a Ukrainian official.
#CIB #Disinformation #InfluenceOps #CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
May 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Next, we look at a different strategy:
A TikTok-based campaign that used AI-generated audio and 12,800 coordinated accounts to attack a Ukrainian official.
#CIB #Disinformation #InfluenceOps #CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
A TikTok-based campaign that used AI-generated audio and 12,800 coordinated accounts to attack a Ukrainian official.
#CIB #Disinformation #InfluenceOps #CheckFirst #DigitalForensics
#InfoIntegrity #MediaManipulation #ForumThreads #VeraAI
Today, we're proud to launch RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Service Act Risks), an open framework that introduces standardised tags for Digital Service Act (DSA) infringements: radar.checkfirst.network/
RADAR - Regulatory Assessment for Digital Service Act Risks
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.
radar.checkfirst.network
June 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Today, we're proud to launch RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Service Act Risks), an open framework that introduces standardised tags for Digital Service Act (DSA) infringements: radar.checkfirst.network/
DFRLab e CheckFirst hanno trovato 1.907 link a siti Pravda in 1.672 voci di Wikipedia, in 44 lingue e 162 domini affiliati. La maggior parte in russo e ucraino, ma anche in inglese, francese, tedesco, cinese, polacco e italiano
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
DFRLab e CheckFirst hanno trovato 1.907 link a siti Pravda in 1.672 voci di Wikipedia, in 44 lingue e 162 domini affiliati. La maggior parte in russo e ucraino, ma anche in inglese, francese, tedesco, cinese, polacco e italiano
Checkfirst raises $1.5M pre-seed, applying AI to remote inspections and audits
Checkfirst raises $1.5M pre-seed, applying AI to remote inspections and audits
Checkfirst enables businesses to schedule inspectors based on geographical location and qualifications, in addition to allowing for remote inspections.
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May 8, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Checkfirst raises $1.5M pre-seed, applying AI to remote inspections and audits
We're pleased to announce the launch of our new Community Notes Dashboard – a state-of-the-art, interactive platform that delivers deep insights into the evolution and distribution of Community Notes on #X
Community Notes Dashboard | CheckFirst
cn.kaksi.ovh
February 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We're pleased to announce the launch of our new Community Notes Dashboard – a state-of-the-art, interactive platform that delivers deep insights into the evolution and distribution of Community Notes on #X