Resources
Check First produces a variety of content, from articles to webinars and training. Below is a repository of our public resources, created during the execution of our various projects.
Our publication review process
“Pravda” Network: Worldwide Expansion and LLM, Wikipedia Pollution
CheckFirst, in partnership with DFRLab, shows how the Russian propaganda and disinformation “Pravda” network extended its coverage and aims (and succeeds) at polluting large language models (LLMs) and Wikipedia. Lastly, we demonstrate the inability of X’s Community notes to aptly address the spread of “Pravda” content on the platform.
Check First publishes its OSINT investigation review process
You might have read some of our investigations, but why should you trust us? In an effort to be as transparent as possible on the way we work, we just published the review process Check First uses prior to any publication of our OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) investigations.
Why is “Nazis” regularly trending on Twitter in Belgium?
An analysis showing how Russian official narratives get pushed whenever “nazis” show up on the platform.
The maze of content moderation on Odysee
Check First uncovered the complex content moderation policies of the Odysee video platform and its underlying LBRY blockchain. Our analysis shows governments are few to ask for take-downs of illegal content.
Mastodon, the rise of the Fediverse
Mastodon, Fediverse, do you already feel lost just by using those 2 words which aren’t quite as new as you’d think? … Flashback
The Francophonie chooses CheckFirst again to run ODIL
CheckFirst is proud to have been chosen again to help run ODIL, the platform for French speaking initiatives fighting disinformation
CheckFirst to join COM-PRESS project
COM-PRESS aims at combating disinformation by equipping journalists with new image manipulation insights and detection methods.
Disinformation on Donbas is only a Google autocomplete away
An investigation to demonstrate how French speaking Belgians were hinted at searching for dubious sources when looking up the word “Donbass” in the Google search bar.
Replay: 22vlalapub, an analysis of political advertising on Meta, Google and Snapchat during French presidential election
We had the pleasure to disclose our findings on 1 September. Watch the replay!
2 years of CheckFirst
“We should work together for good and found a company!”. The exclamation came in between three people who hadn’t met in real life yet, but had spent countless hours fighting disinformation about COVID together during the first wave of the global pandemic.