#Disinfo2026: what we brought to Vilnius, and what others tried to take away
CheckFirst took part in #Disinfo2026, speaking on FIMI infrastructure, covert influence campaigns and DSA vs climate disinformation. The conference opened under pressure: days earlier, three main sponsors had withdrawn their support after Washington reportedly objected to a panel examining the US as a FIMI threat.
CheckFirst takes part in the Cyber for Good programme to equip French journalists against cyber threats
Ahead of the 2027 French presidential election, CheckFirst joins for the second time the Cyber for Good programme for media outlets developed by Advens for People and Planet. This initiative is designed to bolster the defenses of journalists against cyberattacks and FIMI.
Watch the replay: Decoding Russian intelligence: what medals and insignia reveal
On April 23rd, Hervé Letoqueux presented findings from two recent investigations merging OSINT and phaleristics.
CheckFirst and Samsa immerse French journalists in a virtual foreign interference campaign
We constructed a one-day training with the French training organisation Samsa to help French journalists to learn how to identify and analyze information manipulation, disinformation campaigns, and coordinated inauthentic behavior in electoral context.
Unveiling GRU’s Information Operations Troops with OSINT and Medals
We tracked the infrastructure of one of the most secretive units of Russian intelligence by using phaleristics (i.e. the academic study of medals and military decorations) and traditional OSINT techniques.
A collective approach to documenting the supply chain of disinformation
Together with EU DisinfoLab, Viginum, Cassini, the Auswärtiges Amt, the EEAS and the DFRLab, we decided that it was time to organise our shared knowledge for the benefit of the community, using the Viginum-developed Information Manipulation Set (IMS) framework.
CheckFirst and IWF join forces to tackle illegal content
We believe that this partnership will only strengthen our shared commitment towards a safer internet, given IWF’s technology-led mission to combat online child sexual abuse material.
CheckFirst helps Armenian CSOs and journalists to protect election integrity
In partnership with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), 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 foreign manipulation.
#Disinfo2025: our key takeaways from the EU DisinfoLab’s annual conference
While threats against the community fighting against disinformation are on the rise, solidarity prevails. Civil society organisations, policymakers, platforms representatives and regulators gathered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on October 15 and 16 for two days of discussions centered around many aspects of disinformation.
RADAR 1.8: Identify, assess and address potential DSA infringements
CheckFirst is excited to announce the release of the latest version of RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Services Act), a practical framework designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia’s Hidden SIGINT Network
Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB’s most secretive units.