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The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has operationalized the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.
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Disinfo Portal
DisinfoPortal.org is a one-stop interactive online portal and guide to the Kremlin’s information war. The portal aggregates open source research and journalism from the United States and Europe and presents it in a user-friendly way, with timely multimedia content produced by the Atlantic Council and its partners explaining Russia’s ongoing influence operations.
Featured Events
Tue, Jan 14, 2020
InterNYET Screening: The rise and fall of the Russian Internet and the threat of Putin’s ‘foreign agent’ law
4:30pm Washington DC
Experts
Maria Fernanda Bozmoski
Deputy Director, Programs
Graham Brookie
Director and Managing Editor
Emerson T. Brooking
Resident Senior Fellow
Content
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
#DFRLabCoffeeBreak with Assistant Secretary General of NATO Baiba Braže
Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Public Diplomacy joins DFRLab's Lukas Andriukaitis for the latest #DFRLabCoffeeBreak.
Interview
Tue, Jan 19, 2021
Ukraine’s cultural revival is a matter of national security
Culture and identity have been at the heart of the hybrid war waged by Russia against Ukraine for the past seven years.
UkraineAlert by Marina Pesenti
Tue, Jan 19, 2021
#AlertaVenezuela: January 19, 2021
After hospitals in the Brazilian city Manaus ran out of oxygen to help treat COVID-19 on January 14, Maduro offered to make oxygen available to the neighboring country.
#AlertaVenezuela by Atlantic Council's DFRLab
Wed, Jan 13, 2021
#AlertaVenezuela: January 13, 2021
Maduro security forces to combatted gangs Caracas' slums resulting in a “massacre,” self-described Chavista Twitter accounts politicized and celebrated the killings. The DFRLab found signs of inauthentic behavior among the accounts.
#AlertaVenezuela by Atlantic Council's DFRLab
Tue, Jan 12, 2021
Build an Atlantic-Pacific partnership: NATO 20/2020 podcast
NATO is the only institution capable of organizing transatlantic and transpacific stakeholders to address China’s political, military, and information threats.
NATO 20/2020 by Transatlantic Security Initative
Tue, Jan 5, 2021
#AlertaVenezuela: January 5, 2021
A video posted by a Colombian YouTube channel showed unsubstantiated claims on the extradition process of Maduro’s diplomat Alex Saab and amplified false claims about the U.S. presidential elections.
#AlertaVenezuela by Atlantic Council's DFRLab
Tue, Dec 22, 2020
A cyber wish list at a ‘moment of reckoning’
The recent SUNBURST compromise of numerous government and private sector company networks has led some, including Microsoft President Brad Smith, to dub the incident a “moment of reckoning.” Here's what our experts are wishing for this holiday season.
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Tue, Dec 22, 2020
Vaccine hesitancy part 2: Effective strategies for a human-centered health campaign
Dr. Tiffany Vora continues her insights on vaccine hesitancy by laying out a human-centered health campaign approach that multiple sectors, from public health to social media companies, can consider.
GeoTech Cues by Tiffany Vora, PhD
Tue, Dec 22, 2020
#AlertaVenezuela: December 22, 2020
After the disappearance of 40 migrants at sea, public discontent grew against the ongoing humanitarian and economic crises, as well as the corruption and slow response of President Maduro.
#AlertaVenezuela by Atlantic Council's DFRLab
Mon, Dec 21, 2020
To defend US elections, we must recognize that the fault is in ourselves
It is time to put money toward state information infrastructure, to align public expectations with the pace of the democratic process, and to hold elected leaders accountable for lighting fires in information dumpsters.
New Atlanticist by Nina Kollars and Michael Rodriguez
Events
Thu, Jan 28, 2021
Disinformation, domestic extremism, and the threat to democracy
Online Event Congressman Tom Malinowski joins the DFRLab to discuss how online disinformation and organization led to the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
11:00am Democratic Transitions Disinformation Extremism United States and Canada