Olga Belogolova leads policy for countering influence operations at Facebook, where she coordinates the company's IO disruptions effort. She is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown, where she teaches a course on disinformation and influence in the digital age.
Olga was previously a threat intelligence investigator at Facebook, identifying, tracking, and disrupting coordinated IO campaigns, leading work on Russia and Eastern Europe and specifically Internet Research Agency investigations between 2017 and 2019.
Olga previously worked as a journalist and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, National Journal, Inside Defense, and The Globe and Mail, among others.
She holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and European Studies from Boston University. She is a fellow with the Truman National Security Project.
Olga was previously a threat intelligence investigator at Facebook, identifying, tracking, and disrupting coordinated IO campaigns, leading work on Russia and Eastern Europe and specifically Internet Research Agency investigations between 2017 and 2019.
Olga previously worked as a journalist and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, National Journal, Inside Defense, and The Globe and Mail, among others.
She holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and European Studies from Boston University. She is a fellow with the Truman National Security Project.
