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#ElectionWatch: A Guide to Italian Elections

UkraineAlert May 27, 2025

Russia is extinguishing all traces of Ukrainian identity in occupied Ukraine

By Kateryna Odarchenko

Throughout occupied Ukraine, the Russian authorities are seeking to consolidate their control by eradicating all traces of Ukrainian statehood and national identity while imposing a reign of terror on the civilian population, writes Kateryna Odarchenko.
Conflict Disinformation
#ElectionWatch: A Guide to Italian Elections

New Atlanticist May 5, 2025

What’s the best way to deal with Russian information manipulation? Latvia has answers.

By Elīna Vrobļevska and Beniamino Irdi

By combining policy tools, public education, media support, active debunking, and international partnerships, Latvia has built a layered defense.
Disinformation Europe & Eurasia
#ElectionWatch: A Guide to Italian Elections

New Atlanticist Apr 18, 2025

Exposing Pravda: How pro-Kremlin forces are poisoning AI models and rewriting Wikipedia

By Valentin Châtelet

Our investigation explores how Russia is weaponizing Wikipedia and artificial intelligence chatbots to expand its global malign influence campaign.
Disinformation Europe & Eurasia

Programs

The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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Mar 1, 2018

#ElectionWatch: A Guide to Italian Elections

By Lauren Speranza and Graham Brookie

Italy’s notoriously complicated electoral system has long made the country’s elections interesting to watch, but several factors add chaos this year.

Disinformation Elections

In the News

Feb 20, 2018

Graham Brookie Quoted in Reuters on U.S. Cyber Task Force

By Atlantic Council

Graham Brookie, Director of the DFRLab, speaks to Reuters about Attorney General Sessions forming a U.S. cyber task force for election security.

Cybersecurity Disinformation

Press Release

Feb 14, 2018

Richard Stengel named Distinguished Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council today announced Richard Stengel as a Distinguished Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (@DFRLab).

Disinformation English

Article

Jan 28, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Protests Across Russia

By Ben Nimmo, Lukas Andriukaitis, and Nika Aleksejeva

On January 28, supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny took to the streets to call for a boycott of presidential elections.

Disinformation Elections

Report

Sep 26, 2017

The MADCOM future

By Matt Chessen

Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools will provide propagandists radically enhanced capabilities to manipulate human minds. Human cognition is a complex system, and AI tools are very good at decoding complex systems. Interactions on social media, browsing the Internet, and even grocery shopping provide thousands of data points from which technologists can build psychological profiles on nearly […]

Americas Civil Society

Article

Sep 25, 2017

Digital Disinformation: A Primer

By Tim Hwang

“Revelations around Russian efforts to shape the 2016 US presidential election through the use of disinformation, bots, and hacking have thrust the problems of “fake news” and social media manipulation into the public spotlight,” writes Tim Hwang, director of the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund, in “Digital Disinformation: A Primer,” a new publication […]

Cybersecurity Disinformation

Report

Sep 1, 2017

Agent of Influence: Should Russia’s RT Register as a Foreign Agent?

By Elena Postnikova

The US Congress enacted the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to ensure that the American people were aware when foreign governments funded media sources; at the time, their concerns focused on the Nazi regime in Germany. Today, this issue has resurfaced with concerns about the Russian propaganda outlet RT (formerly Russia Today). RT […]

Disinformation Economic Sanctions

In the News

Mar 7, 2017

POLITICO Playbook: Naz Durakoglu Joins Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab

By Atlantic Council

Naz Durakoglu is joining the Atlantic Council as senior fellow and strategist for the Council’s new open source and digital forensic research lab, @DFRLab.

Disinformation English

In the News

Feb 24, 2017

Eliot Higgins quoted by McClatchy on Breaking Aleppo report

By Eliot Higgins

Eliot Higgins, Nonresident Senior Fellow for the DFRLab, spoke to McClatchy DC on the methodology behind the Breaking Aleppo report.

Disinformation English

In the News

Feb 23, 2017

Czuperski joins CNN to discuss Atlantic Council’s Breaking Aleppo report

By Maksymilian Czuperski

Maks Czuperski, director of the Atlantic Council's DFRLab, speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the center's new report "Breaking Aleppo."

Disinformation English
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Experts

Staff

Bailey Galicia

Project Assistant

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Disinformation Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Caleb Eames

Senior US Marine Corps Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Africa Crisis Management

Fellow

Yu-Hao (Vinson) Shen

Visiting Military Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Disinformation

Staff

Audrey Roh

Program Assistant

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Japan

Staff

Dominique Ramsawak

Associate Director, Communications

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Disinformation

Fellow

Ethel Rudnitzki

Nonresident Journalist Fellow

Global China Hub

Brazil China
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Events

Public Event Tue, August 25, 2020 • 1:00 pm UTC

Are we ready? Foreign interference, disinformation, and the 2020 election
Disinformation Elections United States and Canada
Online Event Thu, January 28, 2021 • 11:00 am UTC

Disinformation, domestic extremism, and the threat to democracy
Democratic Transitions Disinformation Extremism United States and Canada
Online Event Thu, March 4, 2021 • 1:00 pm UTC

A conversation with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT – YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki discussed disinformation and the future of internet policy. 
Disinformation Extremism Technology & Innovation United States and Canada
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
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