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SAVE THE DATE! 🧠 Sofia Information Integrity Forum 2025 is coming!
📅 Nov 5–7 | 📍 GATE Institute, Sofia University

Experts, researchers & innovators unite to tackle disinformation, tech ethics & media literacy.

🔗 Register now & save the date: siif.info
#SofiaIIF2025 #InfoIntegrity #Disinformation
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October 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
At Ratio Podcast #Sofia, Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky
@lewan.bsky.social
joins Agent 001 to dissect how misinformation hijacks our minds — and how to fight back.
Listen now! youtu.be/pXUDYKCzPWk
Social media has changed how politicians communicate | prof. Stephan Lewandowsky [Agent 001]
YouTube video by Ratio BG
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June 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Architects of Chaos by Maya Dimitrova (BNT) exposes how disinformation networks shape Bulgarian politics—via trolls, fake news & street protests.
🎤 With Mark Galeotti & Neville Bolt (@ SIIF 2024)
📺 Watch w/ English subs: youtu.be/hPleYNJLCOI?...
Архитекти на хаоса
YouTube video by Българска Национална Телевизия БНТ
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May 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Women content creators in Georgia face rising online abuse—but remain invisible in the TFGBV conversation.
🎤 Anna Arevadze (Forset) her findings
🎥 Watch the #SIIF2024 talk: youtu.be/bIfEnxAQgnA
#InfoIntegrity #TFGBV #DigitalSafety #Georgia
Gender-Based Violence against women content creators in Georgia | Anna Arevadze at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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April 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Teona Dalakishvili (IREX) exposes how tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is silencing women in politics & public life in Georgia — often with state backing.
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/7GrtRaTefyY
#InfoIntegrity #TFGBV #GenderJustice #OnlineViolence #Georgia #IREX
Gender Based Violence Against Women in Politics in Georgia | Teona Dalakishvili at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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April 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎙️ Eliza Kotowska (Instytut Kościuszki) exposes how gendered disinformation shaped Poland’s 2023 elections.
From AI fakes to sexist tropes, female politicians faced an online war of hate & lies. A must-watch from #SIIF2024 👇
📺 youtu.be/LjD3gdLRzWo
#InfoIntegrity #Gender
Uncovering gendered disinformation in Polish cyberspace | Eliza Kotowska at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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April 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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At #SIIF2024, Kate Llewellyn shared how research-driven campaigns in Armenia are combating harmful narratives targeting women & LGBTQ+ communities.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/31cHNI0-nq0
#InfoIntegrity #GenderEquality #Disinformation #LGBTQ+
Gender and Identity Disinformation: The case study of Armenia | Kate Llewellyn at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎥 New from #SIIF2024: Kristina Tsabala (CSD)
) on how Kremlin-backed disinformation targets Ukrainian women refugees in Bulgaria — fueling hate, misogyny & real-world violence. A must-watch. youtu.be/uYPXr62z18s
Gendered disinformation against Ukrainian women refugees in Bulgaria | Kristina Tsabala at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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April 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How is anti-LGBTI+ rhetoric used to restrict civic freedoms in CEE? 🇧🇬🇷🇴🇭🇺🇸🇰🇷🇺
Boyan Zahariev (Open Society Institute) explores how hate becomes law—through values, legislation & hybrid online spaces.
📺 Watch the full talk: youtu.be/bAi9bSL74qI
#SIIF2024 #InfoIntegrity
Anti-LGBTI+ rhetoric as a tool for encroachment on civic space | Boyan Zahariev at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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April 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🇪🇺 How is the EU targeted by Russian propaganda? Veronika Dimitrova (HSSF) analyzes disinformation in Bulgarian online media—framing the EU as authoritarian, economically weak & culturally decaying.
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/VMdH5a47yYY
#SIIF2024 #InfoIntegrity
Main Narratives of Propaganda and Disinformation against the EU | Veronika Dimitrova at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"If you torture statistics enough, they will confess." 📊
At #SIIF2024, Krassen Stanchev (Institute for Market Economics) explores economic disinformation, statistical illusions, and how numbers are manipulated to fit political narratives.
🔍 Watch the full talk: youtu.be/_Eu6ya9oeMQ 🎥 #InfoIntegrity
Collective Subconsciousness and Economic Disinformation | Krassen Stanchev at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🧐 Manipulation in public communication goes beyond "fake news"
🎤 Prof. Plamen Makariev explores meta-deliberation as a tool to expose manipulative argumentation
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/uUY7ZFPU0fQ #SIIF2024 #InfoIntegrity #Disinformation #CriticalThinking #FactChecking
Beyond “Fake News”. (Meta)deliberation as Antidote | Plamen Makariev at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How is Russian propaganda shaping public opinion in Bulgaria? 🇧🇬🧐
At #SIIF2024, Boryana Dimitrova (Alfa Research) reveals how hybrid disinformation adapts, spreads fear, and erodes trust. Are we resisting—or just observing?
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/udyHw12_1tg
#InfoIntegrity
Russian Narratives and the Social Vulnerability of Bulgarians | Boryana Dimitrova at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
How do conspiracy theories fuel anti-democratic propaganda? 🤔
Valentin Valkanov explores the "Digital Concentration Camp" theory and its role in disinformation about digital IDs and currencies. Watch his #SIIF2024 talk now! youtu.be/CAE0Df4wuFI #InfoIntegrity
How Anti-Democratic Propaganda Uses Conspiracy Theory | Valentin Valkanov at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🚀 Can AI help us uncover disinformation?
Andrey Tagarev from Graphwise shows how AI-powered chatbots & knowledge graphs make vast disinfo datasets accessible
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/fgY2JTWJyxU
#SIIF2024 #InfoIntegrity #AI #Disinformation
The hidden structure of disinformation narratives revealed by AI | Andrey Tagarev at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Information is a weapon—how do we defend against it?
At #SIIF2024, Ludmilla Huntsman explored cognitive security, AI-driven disinformation detection & the future of automated cognition. Can AI help safeguard truth? youtu.be/RwejD5ZRGek
#CognitiveWarfare #Disinformation
Achieving Information Integrity Through Cognitive Security | Ludmilla Huntsman at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Are social media platforms keeping up? 🤔 EU DSA, there is plenty room for manipulation.
At #SIIF2024, Andrii Paziuk explores how platforms struggle with AI-driven content & the links between cyber warfare & disinfo.
📺 Watch here 👉 youtu.be/bQ4skNE_PbE
#InfoIntegrity
Algorithms of Deception: Platforms and AI-Generated Disinformation | Andrii Paziuk at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Disinformation is a battlefield, and AI is a powerful defense. 🚀
Dmytro Bilash from
Osavul
shares how AI-driven narrative intelligence helps detect, analyze & counter influence operations in real time.
📺 Watch now 👉 youtu.be/azD4O4_vIgM
#SIIF2024 #InfoIntegrity
AI against disinformation | Dmytro Bilash at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
How do social structures influence the spread of. Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (#FIMI)?
In this talk, Alexander Politov (CSD) explores key FIMI drivers and their impact on society.
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/CtieqgdboxU
#SIIF2024 #InfoIntegrity
Social and Collective Drivers of Foreign Information Manipulation | Alexander Politov at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🛡️ How can we fight disinformation & build trust in institutions?
At #SIIF2024, Georgi Georgiev shared how Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence Information Center counters misinformation through fact-checking, media outreach & digital monitoring.
📺 Watch here: youtu.be/x-jEUCQ6Yns
Building Resilience in Public Administration and Society | Georgi Georgiev at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Is the Global South forming a "discursive front" against the Collective West? 🌍
At #SIIF2024, Dimitar Vatsov (HSSF) unpacks Russian propaganda’s role in undermining democracy with anti-West narratives. Watch his full talk now on YouTube! 🎥 youtu.be/MTDt2sC81Q4
#InfoIntegrity
The Global South against the Collective West: a New Discursive Front | Dimitar Vatsov at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Can Moldova resist Russian disinformation & electoral interference? 🇲🇩
At #SIIF2024, Andrei Curăraru Watchdog.md revealed how bribery, disinfo, and activist radicalization aim to block Moldova's EU integration.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/4y-DIOoRWqU
#InfoIntegrity #Democracy
Building resilience to Russian information manipulation in Moldova | Andrei Curăraru at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🚨 Over 50% of #Romanians say they don’t know what to believe about the #EU.
At #SIIF2024, Bianca Toma
CRPE #Romania
reveals how far-right narratives, TikTok influence, and disinformation are eroding trust in the EU
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Dn8fv8Fei3o
Anti-EU disinformation in Romania: narratives, impact and solutions | Bianca Toma at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
How can Europe protect media freedom and fight disinformation? 📰🇪🇺
At #SIIF2024, Maria Stoyanova (CSD ) explores the challenges facing the media sector and proposes bold solutions. Watch now: youtu.be/an3WXlc1Xx0
#InfoIntegrity #MediaResilience #Democracy
Europe's Media Landscape: Resilience, Safeguards and Independence | Maria Stoyanova at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Is strategic communications just counter-disinformation with a fancy name? 🤔
Dr. Neville Bolt explains why it’s much more—and why it’s key to shaping long-term influence in a contested world. 🌍🎙️
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/dPCcba3Jvv8?...
#SIIF2024 #InfoIntegrity #STRATCOM
Strategic Communications: Simply a Question of Language? | Dr. Neville Bolt at SIIF 2024
YouTube video by Sofia Information Integrity Forum
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March 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM