🔍 As a company dedicated to analysing online harms, we strive to adopt the highest safety standards and abide by industry norms, especially when dealing with illegal and sensitive material pertaining to children. This is why we are proud to announce that we've joined @iwf.org.uk's membership!

📫 The December issue of our monthly newsletter "Indeed" is out! We're looking back at 2025, a year full of new projects and investigations, fulfilling our objective to tackle #disinformation at its core. Read this edition 🔗 r.crossover.social/3gr1lvvxzlx...

Making the internet fairer, safer, and more transparent: same mission, new leadership. After 5 years of growth, Check First enters a new phase of development: Guillaume Kuster is leaving to take on new responsibilities, after playing a central role in building CF & shaping its mission and approach.

👀 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...

Tomorrow at 14:15 (Brussels time), Shivika Sharma, our senior manager specialising in digital threats and policy, will join a panel exploring policy, regulation and institutional response regarding disinformation in electoral context. ⤵️

🇦🇲 In partnership with the @fbafolke.bsky.social, the Swedish agency for peace, security and development, we spent a week in Yerevan, #Armenia, helping Armenian civil society organisations and journalists strengthen their defences against #foreignmanipulation.

👋 We are pleased to announce that our COO @herve.checkfirst.network will be attending @sofiainfoforum.bsky.social this week. Don't miss his demonstration tomorrow at 6 PM (EET), when he will present our @radar.checkfirst.network framework and Oppi.tech, our FIMI training platform!

Parlez-vous français ? Recently, our CEO @g.checkfirst.network and our COO @herve.checkfirst.network were invited to share their experiences on several French-speaking programs.

👋 On October 15 and 16, we attended #Disinfo2025, the @disinfo.eu's annual conference. This year, over 600 participants gathered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for two days of discussions centered around many aspects of #disinformation.

Next week, we'll be heading to Ljubljana to attend @disinfo.eu's #Disinfo2025! Shivika Sharma, our senior manager specialising in digital threats and policy, will present @radar.checkfirst.network during the “Turning data into evidence” roundtable on 16 October.

🚨 How do platforms combat disinformation? For the first time, we have data that provides a concrete answer to this question. Along with @checkfirst.network, @newtral.es, Slovak Governance Institute oraz Foundation for the Open University of Catalonia Pravda participates in the #SIMODS project. 1/3

🚨 New report out: the first cross-platform, cross-country baseline on misinformation in Europe Based on large scale data analysis: ~2.6M posts (24B views) collected on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X & YouTube science.feedback.org/first-measurement-disinformation-major-platforms-europe

It’s today!

📢 On 18 Sept, we explore how AI-driven Russian propaganda campaigns target media. 📚Insights on tactics to target fact-checkers, media, and global audiences. 🎙Featuring @allxbo.bsky.social from @reset.tech and @g.checkfirst.network from @checkfirst.network 🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🔵 We're excited to announce the launch of the 1.8 version of @radar.checkfirst.network! This practical, open framework is designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the #DigitalServicesAct. 🔗 checkfirst.network/radar-1-8-i...

Russian-sponsored propaganda engines went into overdrive in the weeks leading up to the European Parliament’s no-confidence vote against Ursula von der Leyen, a confidential study seen by POLITICO shows.

Today, we are proud to publish our latest investigation into the FSB’s 16th Center, publicly accused of operating some of Russia's most sophisticated cyber-espionage groups. 🔗 checkfirst.network/decoding-se...

This week at @cgf-uk.bsky.social at European Media&Information Fund Annual Conference, our founder Emmanuel Vincent presented in a panel on what data researchers need to effectively implement European Code of Conduct on Disinformation&advance transparency obligations under the #DigitalServicesAct.

📢 In a joint civil society effort, we filed a formal DSA complaint against 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) for violating Article 26(3) — which bans targeting ads based on sensitive data like sexuality, politics, religion, health. 📄 Read the joint statement: aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...

In this week's episode of the Active Measure Newsletter's podcast I was invited to discuss the content of our joint investigation with @dfrlab.bsky.social and @checkfirst.network on the Pravda Network and the consequences of the poisoning of LLMs & the targeting of Wikipedia omny.fm/shows/active...

1/ Plus que jamais, les actions « hybrides » conduites par la Russie sur le continent européen font la une de l’actualité. Nous avons décidé de construire une cartographie interactive pour mieux représenter et cerner le phénomène ⬇️

🚨 #HEAT shows climate disinfo is systemic – but EU regulation hasn’t caught up. Platforms still face no legal obligation under the #DSA to address it. 👉 It’s time to treat #ClimateDisinfo as a real threat to democracy. 📘 Read the report 👇 www.disinfo.eu/heat-harmful... #EMIFund

📊 Operation Overload on Telegram: • 673 channels analysed • 7M+ messages • 2M+ media collisions (39% of 5.5M total) • 550+ channels share admins • 70% of Overload-linked emails point to Telegram • 10 verified channels drive core narratives

🔴 NEW REPORT Alongside ‪@reset.tech‬, we publish our third investigation into Operation Overload. ⤵️

We also came up with haveibeentargeted.online where you can upload your X data and see whether advertisers have targeted you based on your sensitive characteristics 👇

🧵How X enables major brands to target your most sensitive personal data—from health conditions to political beliefs—all in the name of profit. aiforensics.org/work/sensiti...

Today is Check First’s 5th anniversary! To celebrate this milestone, we would like to showcase some of our finest work from the past few years. checkfirst.network/5-years-of-...

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/

🔔Russian propaganda have infiltrated AI chatbotss in the Nordics🔔 New NORDIS-investigation suggests that AI chatbots refers to Russian-linked Pravda websites - some of which recycle articles from EU-banned Russian media. Read the full article here: www.nordishub.eu/nordis-inves...

VIGINUM publie un rapport sur les activités de Storm-1516, un mode opératoire informationnel russe susceptible d’affecter le débat public francophone et européen. Ce rapport s'appuie sur l'analyse de 77 opérations informationnelles conduites par Storm-1516 ➡️ www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/publications...

📫 The May edition of our newsletter "Indeed" is out! Explore the Pravda dashboard, our hour-by-hour tracker of Russia's "Portal Kombat" network. Read the newsletter: r.crossover.social/3glnrijxzlx... Subscribe: https://checkfirst.network/newsletter/

We've built a tool to make it easy to run experimental studies on social media interventions. Check it out. understanding.social

🚨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

Today, in collaboration with @dfrlab.bsky.social, we pull back the curtain with the #Pravda Dashboard, a live, hour‑by‑hour tracker of #Russia’s Portal Kombat network. Follow each article’s journey, trace domain footprints, spot language‑shifts and watch targeting patterns unfold! portal-kombat.com

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/

What do #Wikipedia, #LLms, & #X have in common? They’ve all been quietly infiltrated by the Pravda network—a sprawling web of pro-Kremlin sites posing as news outlets. @vchatelet.bsky.social BlueSky explores #PravdaNetwork w/ @checkfirst.network in this week's the Source: bit.ly/3EcgvpZ

In the face of disinformation, defenders of democracy are often drawn into endless battles against falsehoods. This is precisely the trap laid by anti-democratic movements. But we don’t have to play along. Read our our latest statement 👇 www.disinfo.eu/we-fight-dis...

📊 AI Forensics: A Year of Impact After a pivotal year, we've reached new organizational maturity as leaders in algorithmic auditing & platform accountability. See our annual report to know more: cmsbackend.aiforensics.org/uploads/aif_...

🚨 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.

NEW 🚨 The #Pravdanetwork—a Russia-linked disinformation operation—has infiltrated #Wikipedia, AI chatbots, and #X, spreading pro-Kremlin narratives globally. @vchatelet.bsky.social & @checkfirst.network reveal the scale of this content pollution: bit.ly/3R6XW9l

🚨 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.

🚨 Factsheet alert! 🤖 As text-generative #AI #chatbots become part of our daily digital landscape, concerns about their potential to spread #misinformation are growing. How well do their #policies tackle this challenge? Read our latest #factsheet here 👇 www.disinfo.eu/publications...

New update on the Pravda Network 📖

🚨 New report! In collaboration with @dfrlab.bsky.social , we reveal the global expansion of #Russia’s so-called "Portal Kombat" network—an influence operation laundering pro-Kremlin content across Europe, Africa, and Asia. First exposed by @viginum.bsky.social a year ago.

We've made some changes to our political ad trends platform to make it easier to find data for forthcoming elections. Tracking over 100k Meta and Google advertisers with it. trends.whotargets.me

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

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

The February edition of our newsletter is out. It features #SDALeak, our latest investigation in collaboration with Reset Tech and @aiforensics.org. Find out more here:

1/3 NORDIS Digital Information Literacy Forum 2025 was a huge success 🎉 👉More than hundred people from dozens of countries on site and online discussing Generative AI, media and information literacy and ethics and navigating authenticity in learning. See all presentations here: bit.ly/42LEaqZ

🧵 1/ La disinformazione russa non si ferma. L’operazione Döppelganger si evolve su nuove piattaforme, sfruttando bot AI e siti fake per diffondere propaganda pro-Cremlino. Anche Bluesky è stato preso di mira. 📲⚠️