Adam Fivenson

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Adam Fivenson (@afivenson) is Senior Program Officer for Information Space Integrity at the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, where he conducts research on the integrity in the information space and countering authoritarian information activities, with a focus on the critical role of civil society. Prior to joining the Forum, Adam advised political figures, governments, international non-profits and civil society organizations on communication, technology and data strategy; led the design of award-winning transparency and accountability tools for local governments in Latin America and Central Asia; and conducted original research on the impact of new technologies on societies across four continents.

He holds an MS from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, a BA from the University of Michigan and lives in Washington, DC with his partner and two children. He is also on LinkedIn.

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This illustration photo taken on February 14, 2023 shows a phone screen displaying a picture of rescuers working on a residential building destroyed after a missile strike, in Dnipro, Ukraine, on January 16, 2023, with the WarOnFakes.com website in the background displaying a fake video of the same residential building. A Russian missile smashed a Ukrainian apartment complex, killing dozens. Pro-Russian propagandists offered a slick counter narrative that shifted the blame away from Moscow -- using pseudo fact-checking as a tool of disinformation. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

One Year Later, Lessons from Ukraine in Fighting Disinformation

Feb. 21, 2023 Adam Fivenson