#OperationOverload

2024-12-10

Alarm in Faktencheckredaktionen🚨:
„Die Journalisten werden mit Arbeit überschüttet.Die Kampagne wurde daher „ #OperationOverload“ getauft. Seit September 2023 seien bei Correctiv mehr als 1000 Mails eingegangen,die auf die Kampagne zurückzuführen seien...“ via #SZ #Medien
sueddeutsche.de/medien/operati

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-10-29

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

At the first 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 here: checkfirst.network/operation-o

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-10-24

✨ 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:
recordedfuture.com/research/op

Our work on Operation Overload can be found here: checkfirst.network/operation-o

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-10-04

📫 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.

🔔 Don't forget to sign up for the next edition of Indeed, our monthly newsletter (✍🏾 checkfirst.network/newsletter/)

sh1.sendinblue.com/3gdgs97xzlx

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-09-16

📣 Remember Operation Overload? Back in June, with @team we uncovered this disinformation campaign directed at journalists and fact-checkers (checkfirst.network/operation-o).

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


checkfirst.network/operation-o

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-09-12

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:

checkfirst.network/operation-o

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-08-27

🎙️ Go behind the scenes of (🔎 checkfirst.network/operation-o) 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.
ipi.media/ipimedia/operation-o

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-08-21

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

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

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

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-08-07

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!

checkfirst.network/operation-o

EU DisinfoLabDisinfoEU
2024-06-21

Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday, and especially to @gkuster (@checkfirst) for sharing the with us!

Watch the replay to learn more 📽️ disinfo.eu/outreach/our-webina

Join our upcoming discussions ➡️ disinfo.eu/outreach/our-webina

EU DisinfoLabDisinfoEU
2024-06-20

Looking forward to learning more about the this afternoon, and to welcoming @gkuster @checkfirst !

You're still on time – register and join us at 14:30 CEST
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-06-19

Don't miss these two events in the coming days!

💻 The @DisinfoEU webinar with our CEO @gkuster on our investigation (⚡️tomorrow, 20 June): disinfo.eu/outreach/our-webina
🗣️ A workshop on ObSINT guidelines by Amaury, our other co-founder, at @leHACK (7 July) : lehack.org/track/osint-uncover

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-06-18

@RebelGeo @GottaLaff @jsrailton
Dear Peggy, thanks for sharing our investigation! We have been able to show that more than 800 organisations have been targeted by this pro-Russian operation.

🔎 For more information about this massive pro-Russian operation, you can read our blog post here: checkfirst.network/operation-o

💻 & also attend this webinar on 20 June: disinfo.eu/outreach/our-webina

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-06-17

A pro-Russian propagandist in your mailbox? If you're a fact-checker chances are this has happened to you and thousands of others. is a can of worms, involving Telegram, X, fake websites and loads of elaborate fake content.

🚀Join our CEO @gkuster for a webinar with @DisinfoEU.
📅 20 June
🕰️ 14:30 CET
🔗 disinfo.eu/outreach/our-webina
🔎 checkfirst.network/operation-o

IMMOFUX ® Immobilienimmofux@norden.social
2024-06-15
EU DisinfoLabDisinfoEU
2024-06-12

Join our next Thursday as we plunge into , a campaign targeting fact-checkers, newsrooms, and researchers worldwide, urging them to verify dubious claims, depleting their resources and diverting their efforts.

🗓️ 20 June
🕝 14:30-15:30 CEST
🦸 @gkuster, @checkfirst
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

Check Firstcheckfirst
2024-06-05

The European Parliament takes a firm stance against disinformation ahead of the elections, expressing significant concerns about many past and ongoing manipulation attempts, including which we reported on. Collaboration is key.

europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pre

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