🗣️ "The goal of Operation Overload is to use you, the fact checkers, to amplify their narrative."

At the first #EFCSNConference in Brussels, our CTO Amaury discussed Operation Overload, the massive disinformation campaign we uncovered in June with @team.

💰 He further advocated for significant funding: "We need massive investment from the EU to have the best people working on these issues and not for the platforms."

🔎 Read our update on #OperationOverload here: https://checkfirst.network/operation-overload-a-growing-disinformation-threat-now-targeting-the-u-s-presidential-election/

✨ We're proud that our work on Operation Overload has been used by Recorded Future as a source for this threat analysis. It highlights how the focus of the operation is now shifting to the US presidential election & specifically Kamala Harris.

🔎 You can read their analysis here:
https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/operation-overload-impersonates-media-influence-2024-us-election

Our work on Operation Overload can be found here: https://checkfirst.network/operation-overload-a-growing-disinformation-threat-now-targeting-the-u-s-presidential-election/

#OperationOverload #disinformation #KamalaHarris

📫 The October issue of Indeed is out! We cover the latest findings from Operation Overload, the massive disinformation campaign we revealed in June with @team, our upcoming conference talks & more.

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📣 Remember Operation Overload? Back in June, with @team we uncovered this disinformation campaign directed at journalists and fact-checkers (https://checkfirst.network/operation-overload-how-pro-russian-actors-flood-newsrooms-with-fake-content-and-seek-to-divert-their-efforts/).

Want to know what’s happening now? Spoiler: it’s still ongoing and has a new target in sight—the U.S.

#OperationOverload
https://checkfirst.network/operation-overload-a-growing-disinformation-threat-now-targeting-the-u-s-presidential-election/

Since we exposed Operation Overload in June, we've been closely monitoring the activities of those behind this massive disinformation campaign. Here's what we've discovered:

📍 The perpetrators are based in Russia.
📩 They’ve intensified their email flooding throughout the summer.
🔎 Their new target? The U.S. and Kamala Harris.

For more insight into our latest findings with @team on the Operation Overload, read our update:
#OperationOverload #KamalaHarris #disinformation
https://checkfirst.network/operation-overload-a-growing-disinformation-threat-now-targeting-the-u-s-presidential-election/

🎙️ Go behind the scenes of #OperationOverload (🔎 https://checkfirst.network/operation-overload-how-pro-russian-actors-flood-newsrooms-with-fake-content-and-seek-to-divert-their-efforts/) with our CEO @gkuster in the latest episode of the Decoding Disinformation podcast.

In this conversation with Javier Luque, Head of Digital Communications at @globalfreemedia, Guillaume pulls back the curtain on the modus operandi of this large-scale, cross-country disinformation campaign.

This investigation was conducted with the support of @team and over 20 fact-checking organisations.
https://ipi.media/ipimedia/operation-overload-draining-fact-checkers-resources/

Attention front-end devs! 🙋🏽‍♀️ The past year has kept us busy with crucial projects & investigations ( #OperationOverload, #TheTikTokEffect & more).

We're hiring a front-end developer (Design, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS) for a remote position.

Spread the word 🗣️ & apply here: https://checkfirst.network/about-us/careers/

Goal achieved ✔️. We wanted to raise awareness on pro-Russian manipulation attempts of the press. Our Operation Overload report has been downloaded over 55,000 times, making it the most read report ever published by CheckFirst.

You can read it here. ⤵️
Follow us for more updates!
#OperationOverload
https://checkfirst.network/operation-overload-how-pro-russian-actors-flood-newsrooms-with-fake-content-and-seek-to-divert-their-efforts/