Sopo Gelava

Sopo Gelava

  • Research Associate, Caucasus
  • Contact email: sgelava1@atlanticcouncil.org
  • Media queries: dfrlabmedia@atlanticcouncil.org

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Issues

Civil Society Disinformation Media

Regions

Eastern Europe Russia The Caucasus

Languages

English Georgian Russian
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Apr 19, 2021

Fighting for the hearts and minds of Sakartvelo: The Georgian information environment during the 2020 parliamentary election

By Eto Buziashvili, Givi Gigitashvili, Sopo Gelava, Graham Brookie, Andy Carvin, Iain Robertson, Zarine Kharazian

A technical analysis of how various online actors, both foreign and domestic, attempted to manipulate public opinion and influence the recent Georgian parliamentary election results.

Disinformation Elections

Sopo Gelava is a research associate for the Caucasus with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Prior to the DFRLab, she served as media literacy programs director at Media Development Foundation, leading Georgian think-tank countering disinformation and information operations. Sopo teaches fact-checking and verification courses at the University of Georgia (UG) and is leading the Investigative Media Lab at the university.