Overview

CIR uses open-source intelligence (OSINT) to identify and counter disinformation, expose human rights abuses, and curb online harms through in-depth digital investigations. It collects content from social media, securely preserves it, verifies authenticity, and analyzes it to produce reports, trend analyses, and legally compliant data packages, blending technology with expert investigators. CIR differentiates itself by combining government communications and counter-disinformation experience with OSINT journalism, operating as a transparent non-profit that publicly shares its methods and findings to provide solid, verifiable evidence for accountability. Its goal is to support justice and accountability for perpetrators of human rights abuses and disinformation campaigns, while helping policymakers, media, and civil society resist malign influence operations.