Understanding and countering influence ops
People who think about how Influence operations, Information integrity, malign narratives, propaganda or -LOL “FIMI”-shape public opinion. Whatever you want to call it, just don’t call it disinformation
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@cequirk.bsky.social
@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
@vioreladan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Communication at U of Innsbruck. LMU Munich, Free U of Berlin & UT Austin alumn. Research: misinformation, fact checking, deepfakes. Engagement Editor for JMCQ. Dilettante yet overly confident mushroom picker.
@tanyalokot.bsky.social
Ukrainian academic living in Ireland. I study digital media, civic mobilisation, & networked authoritarianism. Nature & cats keep me sane. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
@texty.org
Texty.org.ua — leader in data journalism in Ukraine Support us via Patreon: patreon.com/textyorgua Buymeacoffee: buymeacoffee.com/textyorgua
@jedwillard.bsky.social
Interested in history, public diplomacy, "disinformation"/FIMI/FMI/MDM etc., transatlantic relations. Works at FDR Foundation at Adams House, Harvard. Banned from Russia for life.
@jsmirnova.bsky.social
Senior researcher for @cemas.io. Disinfo, extremism, technology. Previously, @isdglobal and journalist writing for @spiegel, @zeit, @welt. Alumna @warstudies
@juliaangwin.com
Investigative journalist. New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer. Founder, Proof News, The Markup. Priors: ProPublica, WSJ. Fellow at Harvard Shorenstein Center. Signal: Julia.368 Sign up for my newsletter: https://buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@mariellew.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Internet Governance at Maastricht University | Internet censorship | Platform governance | Russian politics & political communication
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
@oonuch.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative & Ukrainian Pols UoM Democracy in wartime, GeoPols EU DisInfo Vote Protest Identity Polls 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇦🇷🇪🇺 📚Zelensky Effect 📚Mapping Mass Mobilization Visit. Prof College D’Europe Prev Oxford Nuffield/St Antonys; Harvard; UofT
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || EDMO || Algosoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
@preciouschatd.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @OUPolitics. SFHEA. Russian foreign & security policy, soft power, narratives, ID, religion & disinfo, conspiracy theories. Associate editor, International Affairs. UK Young Academy member. Mum of 3.
@disinfo.eu
Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
@shekhovtsov.substack.com
PhD UCL SSEES, visiting professor at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist for EUObserver @euobserver.bsky.social, outdoor research fellow
@alexzfinley.bsky.social
Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com alexzfinley.substack.com
@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. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@rosejackson.bsky.social
Lead DFRLab Democracy + Tech Initiative at the Atlantic Council. Failed startup founder, snarky policymaker, former frontline civilian…always Hoosier.
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
@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
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@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
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@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
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@cequirk.bsky.social
Opinion research and advocacy/political strategy in declining democracies and emerging autocracies. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to. Nice, FR quirkglobalstrategies.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinequirk/