FIMI - Foreign Influence and Malign Information
A Starter Pack with people and organisations working on migitating FIMI, desinformation and malign information.
Created by
@carlheath.se
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@rosejackson.bsky.social
Lead DFRLab Democracy + Tech Initiative at the Atlantic Council. Failed startup founder, snarky policymaker, former frontline civilian…always Hoosier.
@samagreene.bsky.social
Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@knightcolumbia.org
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education. https://knightcolumbia.org/
@americansunlight.org
We're increasing the cost of lies that undermine democracy ☀️ Read our analysis: https://americansunlight.substack.com/ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/americansunlightproject Support our work: https://www.americansunlight.org/donate
@billmccarthy.bsky.social
Digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation, conspiracy theories and extremism for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
@isdglobal.org
Powering solutions to extremism, hate and disinformation since 2006.
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
@counterhate.com
International organization disrupting the production and spread of hate & misinformation. US 501(c)(3) non-profit. Press: press@counterhate.com
@olgs7.bsky.social
Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
@logicallyfacts.com
An IFCN-certified, global and multilingual initiative to uncover misleading and deceptive online discourse. http://logicallyfacts.com/en/
@abbierichards.bsky.social
Researching misinformation, extremism, conspiracy theories, and the general decay of collective reality we’re currently enduring. Also I produce videos explaining these issues but BlueSky only lets me post videos up to 60 seconds. So TBD on those
@lewan.bsky.social
Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
@socialmedialab.ca
Academic Research Lab in Toronto: SocialMediaLab.ca |Skeets by @philipmai.com re: the politics of technology, social media, democracy, mis/disinfo, conspiracies & propaganda | PoliDashboard.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org & Communalytic.org.
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social
Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game. www.sandervanderlinden.com
@ninajankowicz.com
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org 🙅🏻♀️ Author, disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse. 😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
@disinfo.eu
Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
@dfrlab.bsky.social
The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@alkapdc.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Media Matters, focusing on social media misinformation, disinformation, & online extremism. Statements are mine, not employer's. Send tips to akaplan@mediamatters.org.
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@carlheath.se
| Senior Researcher Digital Resilience at RISE | Ph.D Student at University of Gothenburg | Education Specialist Agency for Psychological Defence | Alumn of the Internet Society | Public Speaker | https://carlheath.se/aboutme/ |