DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social

@AtlanticCouncil's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

After Russia restricted imports of Armenian agricultural products, a fake @politico article claimed the EU was to blame.

DFRLab and @CivilNetTV traced how the false story spread across platforms and languages through pro-Kremlin networks: https://t.co/O260z8l2j4

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

🇪🇺🇺🇸 What’s next for the transatlantic tech relationship?

Join us in Brussels on Oct 8 for a conversation on digital sovereignty, security, competitiveness, and the future of EU-US tech cooperation.

Register to join us in person: https://t.co/et8BpKveS9

[Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn]

🎥 In the new masterclass video of #GIJNAcademy, @sayyara_a, associate director for capacity building at @DFRLab, shares her approach to open source investigations. She explains why open source reporting is never about using a single tool or source, but a combination of methods that reinforce and verify each other.

Watch the full video here ⬇️

https://t.co/sOw7yXmBta

[Iria Puyosa @NSC]

The UN Fact-Finding Mission report cites the "Watch the Watchers" report among its sources on Venezuelan digital repression and surveillance.
https://t.co/7Fesm4pcx1

@conexionsegura @DFRLab @AtlanticCouncil

[Marcus Kolga 🇨🇦🇪🇪🇺🇦 @kolga]

A new US DOJ indictment offers a disturbing look at how Russian intelligence targets critics abroad through assassination plots.

I co-authored this @AtlanticCouncil @DFRLab report on how democracies can counter + prevent transnational repression:

https://t.co/ycSG6NZJbK

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

🧵 Last weekend @AnthropicAI CEO @DarioAmodei proposed to “slow the pace” of AI development, a call quickly joined by @OpenAI’s Sam Altman, @demishassabis, and @ElonMusk.

Atlantic Council experts assess what this means for the US, China, and humanity:
https://t.co/5fcZ9KsKmV

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

Russia’s first federal AI law is now in effect... and Moscow wants to export its vision of “sovereign AI” abroad.

But what kind of sovereignty will its customers actually get?

The DFRLab's @EtoBuziashvili examines Russia’s emerging AI strategy: https://t.co/jz0MNETvVa

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

Russia’s new AI law puts domestic models under state control.

Moscow now wants to sell the same model abroad.

But buying Russian AI likely trades one dependence for another, writes @DFRlab’s @EtoBuziashvili.
https://t.co/rQqZ3c1yDD

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

The transatlantic digital relationship faces a growing trust deficit 🇪🇺🇺🇸

As the EU pursues digital sovereignty and the US prioritizes tech dominance, @markscott82 examines what the divide means for digital policy.

🔗https://t.co/bb9c66MmeE

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

Trustworthy AI won't be built by principles alone 🤖

It requires institutions that can test systems, share knowledge, coordinate responses, and build confidence across borders.

That's the next challenge for AI governance.

Read our latest: https://t.co/JvmtjwejuO

[WEASA @weasa_natolin]

🎤 Meet our #WEASA2026 speaker!

We're excited to host again @SGelava, Associate Director, Research at @AtlanticCouncil's @DFRLab.

No WEASA without an #OSINT workshop! Learn practical skills in geolocation, verification & fact-checking to safely navigate today's info landscape.

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

🗓️ TOMORROW | 🕦 11:30 a.m. ET

Join the @AtlanticCouncil's Democracy + Tech initiative as they launch a new report examining the future of global connectivity financing and strategic competition over digital infrastructure.

Register today ➡️ https://t.co/WuBPJMrUTN

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

📅TODAY | 11:30 AM ET

Who will finance the future of global connectivity? 🛜
Join us a discussion with @kentonthibaut and Jochai Ben-Avie on the financing models, partnerships, and policies that will shape the next generation of digital infrastructure.

🔗https://t.co/cFCQZc122J

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

🗓️ June 16 | 🕦 11:30 a.m. ET

Join the @AtlanticCouncil's Democracy + Tech initiative as they launch a new report examining the future of global connectivity financing and strategic competition over digital infrastructure.

Register today ➡️ https://t.co/WuBPJMrUTN

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

Who will finance the future of global connectivity?
Join us for the launch of a new report examining how the US & its allies can expand digital infrastructure, close the digital divide, & compete with China's Digital Silk Road.
🗓 June 16 | 11:30 AM ET
https://t.co/cFCQZc0udb

[Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas @DDIAmericas]

Come get trained up on all things counter-misinformation, responsible use of AI, and voting and media consumption trends w/ DDIA and @AtlanticCouncil @DFRLab from August-October. Apply for the Fall cohort of LMDP by Sunday, July 5! We have 20 slots! https://t.co/1pbwlqBdxu

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

Who will finance the future of global connectivity?
Join us for the launch of a new report examining how the US & its allies can expand digital infrastructure, close the digital divide, & compete with China's Digital Silk Road.
🗓 June 16 | 11:30 AM ET
https://t.co/cFCQZc0udb

[CIVILNET @CivilNetTV]

In the run-up to Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections, the Russian organization the Evrazia Foundation has continued to operate freely in the country, despite being under U.S., EU, and UK sanctions and having a history of interfering in electoral processes.

Operating under the guise of humanitarian programs and educational initiatives, Evrazia positions itself abroad as a tool of Kremlin influence.

The organization runs media schools, camps, forums, and social assistance programs, yet in various countries its activities have been linked to influencing electoral processes, covert fundraising, and destabilizing actions directed against democratic institutions.

This joint investigation by CivilNet and DFRLab shows how, ahead of parliamentary elections, Evrazia is replicating in Armenia the model of electoral interference it employed in Moldova.

In cooperation with a representative of a pro-Russian political force in Armenia, Evrazia launched an online petition platform aimed at rallying Armenians around a religious issue, while also including political and electoral demands in the petition. It has not been possible to independently verify the authenticity of the number of signatories claimed by the platform.

Through its platform, Evrazia also organizes gatherings near Armenian churches in Armenia and abroad. In addition, the organization’s representatives have openly offered to pay for plane tickets for Armenians living in Russia to bring them to Armenia and ensure their participation in the elections, repeating the tactic used in Moldova ahead of the 2024 elections.

In September 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Evrazia to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, citing the organization’s participation in “Russia’s covert global influence operations.”

In October 2024, the European Union imposed sanctions on Evrazia for actions aimed at destabilizing Moldova. In April 2025, the United Kingdom took the same step for acting on behalf of sanctioned Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor.

An NGO in name, an instrument of influence in essence
Evrazia carries out cultural, educational, and professional programs in countries that Moscow considers its “near abroad.” These include youth programs, teacher training, journalism grants, business missions, and cultural projects, serving as tools of Russian soft power.

The organization openly presents itself as a counterweight to Western initiatives—USAID (USAID), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations. At the “Evrazia: A Territory of Traditional Values” conference held in Moscow in April 2026, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that over its two years of activity, the organization had mobilized 120,000 participants in forty countries.

Evrazia opened an Armenian branch in June 2024. It supports eleven Russian-language centers operating in Yerevan and offers courses in robotics, animation, and financial literacy. The organization also launched a media school whose lecturers include figures linked to the Russian state propaganda machine. It also organizes cultural trips and, within these programs, sends young people to the “Artek” camp in Crimea. Initiatives include competitions on Russian history and performances about World War II, aligned with Kremlin narratives.

In Moldova, security services viewed similar programs as part of Evrazia’s influence infrastructure, through which the organization built networks for voter mobilization, influence, and disinformation.

Read more on https://t.co/c15YwXERpW

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

Ahead of Armenia's June 7 elections, a new investigation from the DFRLab & @CivilNetTV finds that Evrazia, a Russian org sanctioned by the US, EU, and UK, has been replicating its Moldovan election interference model.

https://t.co/JFrO4BW18m

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

If you attended #RigaStratComDialogue this week, there's a good chance you ran into a DFRLaber. From disrupting information threats to exploring AI’s impact on strategic communications, our team was all over the agenda. Check out some of our fav memories 👇