Statement on Coordinated Defamation Campaign Targeting Uri Poliavich

Following a forensic media-flow and disinformation analysis conducted by an independent Swiss investigative firm specializing in coordinated influence operations and reputational attack analysis, experts concluded that there were signs of an organized reputational attack operation, including synchronized publication timing, cross-platform replication of substantially identical allegations, coordinated amplification mechanisms, and artificial persistence of defamatory narratives across digital ecosystems.

The analysis further identified indicators consistent with narrative laundering techniques, whereby allegations originating from low-credibility or politically motivated sources were republished and amplified through interconnected platforms in order to create the artificial appearance of independent verification and broader media legitimacy.

Particular attention should also be drawn to a separate analytical report prepared by the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC), an independent Brussels-based strategic analysis and security institute founded by former French intelligence officer and journalist Claude Moniquet, specializing in terrorism, foreign interference operations, geopolitical destabilization, and reputational attack analysis. The report specifically examined the case of Mr. Uri Poliavich, describing the attacks against him as an example of how coordinated disinformation campaigns may evolve from identity-based and antisemitic insinuations into broader attacks targeting business activities, professional reputation, and commercial relationships through interconnected digital dissemination networks. According to information available to Silver Eye, the report was subsequently circulated among members of the European Parliament amid growing concern regarding coordinated online manipulation, reputational sabotage, and cross-border information warfare targeting European democratic space.

Some of the earliest narratives directed at Mr. Poliavich carried antisemitic undertones and politically motivated rhetoric originating from Eastern European information ecosystems and extremist online communities before evolving into broader attacks targeting his companies, business operations, commercial partners, and philanthropic activities.

In order to prevent the continued dissemination of defamatory material, these facts — which may fall within the scope of multiple legal violations, including defamation, coordinated disinformation activity, unlawful reputational interference, and related cross-border digital offenses — have been brought to the attention of the relevant authorities in France, Denmark, and Cyprus as part of a coordinated cross-border legal strategy.

As a result, legal measures and evidentiary preservation procedures have been initiated across multiple jurisdictions in order to preserve critical digital evidence, identify the actors involved, limit the dissemination of defamatory material, and support cooperation between the relevant European authorities.

Silver Eye, a French strategic communication agency specializing in hostile media environments, coordinated reputational attacks, and complex digital defamation matters, considers this case to reflect a broader structural vulnerability within the European digital information environment.

In Silver Eye’s assessment, the growing use of coordinated cross-border disinformation, reputational sabotage, and digitally amplified defamatory campaigns demonstrates the increasing sophistication of modern narrative warfare and highlights the urgent need for stronger European mechanisms capable of addressing coordinated online manipulation and the weaponization of reputation through interconnected digital ecosystems.

Silver Eye
Strategic Communications Agency
France