Clearly this calls for investigation and litigation — against BBC and DFRLab.
A vast, covert Russian influence operation on TikTok involving 12,800 fake accounts spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine to millions of users in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Israel and Ukraine, has been uncovered by BBC Verify and @dfrlab.bsky.social.
Ukraine war: How TikTok fakes pushed Russian lies to millions
The BBC uncovers a vast Russia-based network of fake TikTok accounts pushing disinformation about Ukraine.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2023 at 2:53 AM
Clearly this calls for investigation and litigation — against BBC and DFRLab.
Putting together a @dfrlab.bsky.social starter pack for DFRLab staff, fellows and alums who research information warfare, disinformation campaigns, influence operations, OSINT methodologies, online harms and internet policy writ large. go.bsky.app/BgCbzpG
DFRLab staff, fellows and alums
Join the conversation
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Putting together a @dfrlab.bsky.social starter pack for DFRLab staff, fellows and alums who research information warfare, disinformation campaigns, influence operations, OSINT methodologies, online harms and internet policy writ large. go.bsky.app/BgCbzpG
9/ DFRLab also showed why precision matters. Finding propaganda in Common Crawl does NOT prove every AI model ingested it. But researchers did demonstrate that a base model could reproduce part of an archived RT “biolabs” article nearly verbatim.
September 20, 2026 at 10:50 AM
9/ DFRLab also showed why precision matters. Finding propaganda in Common Crawl does NOT prove every AI model ingested it. But researchers did demonstrate that a base model could reproduce part of an archived RT “biolabs” article nearly verbatim.
. @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social's @dfrlab.bsky.social works to operationalize the "study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.”
DFRLab
The Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has expertise on disinformation, connective technologies, democracy, and digital rights.
dfrlab.org
November 26, 2024 at 4:38 PM
. @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social's @dfrlab.bsky.social works to operationalize the "study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.”
Many people. There was a Congressional investigation about it that found the FBI had clear warnings it would happen and failed to act on them. (I make a couple cameos in here (via DFRLab) for trying to warn them what was brewing.)
www.documentcloud.org/documents/23...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/23...
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Many people. There was a Congressional investigation about it that found the FBI had clear warnings it would happen and failed to act on them. (I make a couple cameos in here (via DFRLab) for trying to warn them what was brewing.)
www.documentcloud.org/documents/23...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/23...
🔎 In 2024, DFRLab tracked 75+ foreign interference cases, exposed inauthentic ops in the Middle East, and uncovered Russia’s disinfo targeting Ukraine with a team working across 5 continents. Of course, this doesn't begin to scratch the surface of our work. Look back on our year: bit.ly/3DVxkol
DFRLab: a look back at 2024
Revisiting key milestones in DFRLab publishing over the last calendar year
bit.ly
January 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🔎 In 2024, DFRLab tracked 75+ foreign interference cases, exposed inauthentic ops in the Middle East, and uncovered Russia’s disinfo targeting Ukraine with a team working across 5 continents. Of course, this doesn't begin to scratch the surface of our work. Look back on our year: bit.ly/3DVxkol
Academic Basis:
- Yang & Menczer (2023) "Anatomy of an AI-powered malicious social botnet" — arXiv:2307.16336
- DFRLab "#BotSpot: Twelve Ways to Spot a Bot" — Activity, Anonymity, Amplification framework
- Botometer/BotometerLite — Indiana University OSoMe
- Yang & Menczer (2023) "Anatomy of an AI-powered malicious social botnet" — arXiv:2307.16336
- DFRLab "#BotSpot: Twelve Ways to Spot a Bot" — Activity, Anonymity, Amplification framework
- Botometer/BotometerLite — Indiana University OSoMe
May 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Academic Basis:
- Yang & Menczer (2023) "Anatomy of an AI-powered malicious social botnet" — arXiv:2307.16336
- DFRLab "#BotSpot: Twelve Ways to Spot a Bot" — Activity, Anonymity, Amplification framework
- Botometer/BotometerLite — Indiana University OSoMe
- Yang & Menczer (2023) "Anatomy of an AI-powered malicious social botnet" — arXiv:2307.16336
- DFRLab "#BotSpot: Twelve Ways to Spot a Bot" — Activity, Anonymity, Amplification framework
- Botometer/BotometerLite — Indiana University OSoMe
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November 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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4/8
🤖 Des chercheurs (Stanford, DFRLab) ont analysé des milliers de comptes pro-RN/Zemmour.
➡️ Bots hors UE, activité coordonnée, liens avec des réseaux prorusses.
🔗 TV5Monde – Rapport DFRLab
t.co/wbcBrhhgGk
🤖 Des chercheurs (Stanford, DFRLab) ont analysé des milliers de comptes pro-RN/Zemmour.
➡️ Bots hors UE, activité coordonnée, liens avec des réseaux prorusses.
🔗 TV5Monde – Rapport DFRLab
t.co/wbcBrhhgGk
https://information.tv5monde.com/international/france-des-campagnes-dinfluence-numeriques-prorusses-ciblent-le-pays-2770487
t.co
August 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
4/8
🤖 Des chercheurs (Stanford, DFRLab) ont analysé des milliers de comptes pro-RN/Zemmour.
➡️ Bots hors UE, activité coordonnée, liens avec des réseaux prorusses.
🔗 TV5Monde – Rapport DFRLab
t.co/wbcBrhhgGk
🤖 Des chercheurs (Stanford, DFRLab) ont analysé des milliers de comptes pro-RN/Zemmour.
➡️ Bots hors UE, activité coordonnée, liens avec des réseaux prorusses.
🔗 TV5Monde – Rapport DFRLab
t.co/wbcBrhhgGk
🚨With #MoldovanElections around the corner, the information war is in full swing. The DFRLab has tracked the operations in play... here are 5 investigations to know before the Sept 28 vote 👇
September 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🚨With #MoldovanElections around the corner, the information war is in full swing. The DFRLab has tracked the operations in play... here are 5 investigations to know before the Sept 28 vote 👇
Raport DFRLab ujawnia mechanizmy manipulacji i skoordynowanych kampanii
Antyukraińskie nastroje w Polsce są wzmacniane przez skoordynowane sieci kont, które wykorzystują bieżące wydarzenia do osłabiania relacji polsko-ukraińskich.
resetobywatelski.pl/jak-media-sp...
Antyukraińskie nastroje w Polsce są wzmacniane przez skoordynowane sieci kont, które wykorzystują bieżące wydarzenia do osłabiania relacji polsko-ukraińskich.
resetobywatelski.pl/jak-media-sp...
December 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Raport DFRLab ujawnia mechanizmy manipulacji i skoordynowanych kampanii
Antyukraińskie nastroje w Polsce są wzmacniane przez skoordynowane sieci kont, które wykorzystują bieżące wydarzenia do osłabiania relacji polsko-ukraińskich.
resetobywatelski.pl/jak-media-sp...
Antyukraińskie nastroje w Polsce są wzmacniane przez skoordynowane sieci kont, które wykorzystują bieżące wydarzenia do osłabiania relacji polsko-ukraińskich.
resetobywatelski.pl/jak-media-sp...
3/ Start with the forensic labs. Bellingcat reconstructs events from public video, satellite images, and geolocation. Citizen Lab catches governments spying on journalists through their own phones. DFRLab and Graphika track influence networks online.
August 6, 2026 at 11:08 AM
3/ Start with the forensic labs. Bellingcat reconstructs events from public video, satellite images, and geolocation. Citizen Lab catches governments spying on journalists through their own phones. DFRLab and Graphika track influence networks online.
A look back at 2024 from the @dfrlab.bsky.social
DFRLab: a look back at 2024
Revisiting key milestones in DFRLab publishing over the last calendar year
dfrlab.org
January 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A look back at 2024 from the @dfrlab.bsky.social
This tactic is well-known and could be better explained to the public.
Academic and forensic research (DFRLab, NATO StratCom COE, Twitter takedown datasets) all document creation-date clustering in Russian online operations.
www.state.gov/wp-con...
Academic and forensic research (DFRLab, NATO StratCom COE, Twitter takedown datasets) all document creation-date clustering in Russian online operations.
www.state.gov/wp-con...
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This tactic is well-known and could be better explained to the public.
Academic and forensic research (DFRLab, NATO StratCom COE, Twitter takedown datasets) all document creation-date clustering in Russian online operations.
www.state.gov/wp-con...
Academic and forensic research (DFRLab, NATO StratCom COE, Twitter takedown datasets) all document creation-date clustering in Russian online operations.
www.state.gov/wp-con...
8/ Then, in April 2026, DFRLab found something the debate could not ignore: Pravda, RT, and China-linked influence content inside Common Crawl, a major public web archive used in AI training pipelines. dfrlab.org/2026/04/08/p...
Pravda in the pipeline: Early evidence of state-adjacent propaganda in AI training data
An audit of Common Crawl reveals presence of Pravda and Glassbridge content in popular archive service, with further signs of LLM ingestion.
dfrlab.org
September 20, 2026 at 10:50 AM
8/ Then, in April 2026, DFRLab found something the debate could not ignore: Pravda, RT, and China-linked influence content inside Common Crawl, a major public web archive used in AI training pipelines. dfrlab.org/2026/04/08/p...
This thread wraps up insights from the Hybrid CoE & DFRLab report:
How Ukraine Fights Russian Disinformation
It’s not a wishlist.
It’s a battlefield-tested blueprint.
www.hybridcoe.fi/wp-...
How Ukraine Fights Russian Disinformation
It’s not a wishlist.
It’s a battlefield-tested blueprint.
www.hybridcoe.fi/wp-...
May 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This thread wraps up insights from the Hybrid CoE & DFRLab report:
How Ukraine Fights Russian Disinformation
It’s not a wishlist.
It’s a battlefield-tested blueprint.
www.hybridcoe.fi/wp-...
How Ukraine Fights Russian Disinformation
It’s not a wishlist.
It’s a battlefield-tested blueprint.
www.hybridcoe.fi/wp-...
🚨Here’s what 3.7M pieces of pro-Kremlin propaganda gets you.
DFRLab & @checkfirst.network just launched the latest in our #Pravdanetwork series, exposing Russia's sprawling operation pushing coordinated disinfo across 80+ countries, fueled by automation & AI.
🔗 bit.ly/4cC0XIG
DFRLab & @checkfirst.network just launched the latest in our #Pravdanetwork series, exposing Russia's sprawling operation pushing coordinated disinfo across 80+ countries, fueled by automation & AI.
🔗 bit.ly/4cC0XIG
Russia’s Pravda network in numbers: Introducing the Pravda Dashboard
The Pravda Dashboard reveals how Russia's global network circumvents sanctions on prohibited content.
bit.ly
April 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🚨Here’s what 3.7M pieces of pro-Kremlin propaganda gets you.
DFRLab & @checkfirst.network just launched the latest in our #Pravdanetwork series, exposing Russia's sprawling operation pushing coordinated disinfo across 80+ countries, fueled by automation & AI.
🔗 bit.ly/4cC0XIG
DFRLab & @checkfirst.network just launched the latest in our #Pravdanetwork series, exposing Russia's sprawling operation pushing coordinated disinfo across 80+ countries, fueled by automation & AI.
🔗 bit.ly/4cC0XIG
Oh! And DFRLab: dfrlab.org
And ISD is a lot slower and lower-volume, but they have some interesting analysis: www.isdglobal.org/disinformati...
The EU also has a "Disinfo Lab", although they get a little fancy with their web design and it's hard to read on a phone in a few places: www.disinfo.eu
And ISD is a lot slower and lower-volume, but they have some interesting analysis: www.isdglobal.org/disinformati...
The EU also has a "Disinfo Lab", although they get a little fancy with their web design and it's hard to read on a phone in a few places: www.disinfo.eu
DFRLab
The Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has expertise on disinformation, connective technologies, democracy, and digital rights.
dfrlab.org
November 13, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Oh! And DFRLab: dfrlab.org
And ISD is a lot slower and lower-volume, but they have some interesting analysis: www.isdglobal.org/disinformati...
The EU also has a "Disinfo Lab", although they get a little fancy with their web design and it's hard to read on a phone in a few places: www.disinfo.eu
And ISD is a lot slower and lower-volume, but they have some interesting analysis: www.isdglobal.org/disinformati...
The EU also has a "Disinfo Lab", although they get a little fancy with their web design and it's hard to read on a phone in a few places: www.disinfo.eu
🕵️♂️ 🔎 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
13 тисяч ботів у TikTok генерували фейки про корупцію Резнікова.
DFRLab
DFRLab
December 16, 2023 at 7:08 PM
13 тисяч ботів у TikTok генерували фейки про корупцію Резнікова.
DFRLab
DFRLab
🚨🚨 Canadian law enforcement has issued a stark warning: A massive, coordinated disinformation campaign is being unleashed against Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor and a rising political star.
This attack isn’t random—it’s part of an orchestrated effort: dfrlab.org/2025/03/19/c...
This attack isn’t random—it’s part of an orchestrated effort: dfrlab.org/2025/03/19/c...
An existential threat: Disinformation ‘single biggest risk’ to Canadian democracy
The DFRLab reviews Canada’s 2025 Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference
dfrlab.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🚨🚨 Canadian law enforcement has issued a stark warning: A massive, coordinated disinformation campaign is being unleashed against Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor and a rising political star.
This attack isn’t random—it’s part of an orchestrated effort: dfrlab.org/2025/03/19/c...
This attack isn’t random—it’s part of an orchestrated effort: dfrlab.org/2025/03/19/c...
The DFRLab analyzed how Georgian pro-Kremlin and pro-government Facebook pages and Telegram channels promote the government's pivot to enhancing relations with China. dfrlab.org/2024/12/10/...
December 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM
The DFRLab analyzed how Georgian pro-Kremlin and pro-government Facebook pages and Telegram channels promote the government's pivot to enhancing relations with China. dfrlab.org/2024/12/10/...
🔎 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
At @cyberwarcon.bsky.social, the DFRLab team— @etbrooking.bsky.social @dinamsadek.bsky.social & @maxrizzo.bsky.social —shared findings from the 2024 Foreign Interference Attribution Tracker, analyzing the frequency, credibility, & media impact of interference claims during the US election #FIAT
November 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
At @cyberwarcon.bsky.social, the DFRLab team— @etbrooking.bsky.social @dinamsadek.bsky.social & @maxrizzo.bsky.social —shared findings from the 2024 Foreign Interference Attribution Tracker, analyzing the frequency, credibility, & media impact of interference claims during the US election #FIAT