UK Misinformation Analyst

ActiveFence; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online security provider is seeking a UK Misinformation Analyst to monitor and analyze online narratives and misinformation across the UK and Ireland. The ideal candidate will have strong writing skills and a background in OSINT or journalism. This role requires dealing with sensitive content and provides a fast-paced, engaging work environment.

Qualifications

• Expert in UK’s information ecosystems, politics, and misinformation.
• Proficient in writing and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Capable of dealing with harsh content at times.

Responsibilities

• Analyze online activities in the UK and Ireland for insights.
• Research online platforms to discover new sources and events.
• Monitor websites and forums for malicious activities.
• Write intelligence briefs and conduct thorough research.

Skills

OSINT experience

Intelligence background

Journalism background

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Fluent in English

Fluency in other EU language

Job description

UK Misinformation Analyst

• Intelligence
• UK
• Intermediate
• Full-time

Description

As a UK Subject Matter Expert at ActiveFence, you use your internet-fluency, online resourcefulness, investigative mindset, geopolitical interest, writing proficiency, and hacker-like thinking to find rapidly emerging online narratives, social unrest, and misinformation across the UK and Ireland.

You are a proficient writer and are comfortable with a fast paced and technical environment. You are an expert in the UK’s information ecosystems, politics, extremism, misinformation, and emerging trends. You like to work on several topics simultaneously and learn new things. Fast.

You will be analyzing and monitoring malicious activities online while getting to their sources and distribution methods. You'll be writing, editing, and reviewing intelligence briefs, and doing research into new sources and trends. You will be the first to know about emerging political figures, narratives, and groups.

• Analyzing online activity in the UK and Ireland and providing meaningful insights.
• Researching online platforms to discover new sources and important events
• Monitoring third-party websites, forums, messaging app channels, and more to uncover malicious activities.
• Writing intelligence briefs

Requirements

Skills and qualifications:

• OSINT experience
• Intelligence background – an advantage.
• Journalism background - an advantage
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Fluent in English
• Fluency in other EU language - an advantage
• Capable of dealing with harsh content at times

About ActiveFence

ActiveFence is the leading provider of security and safety solutions for online experiences, safeguarding more than 3 billion users, top foundation models, and the world’s largest enterprises and tech platforms every day.

As a trusted ally to major technology firms and Fortune 500 brands that build user-generated and GenAI products, ActiveFence empowers security, AI, and policy teams with low-latency Real-Time Guardrails and a continuous Red Teaming program that pressure-tests systems with adversarial prompts and emerging threat techniques. Powered by deep threat intelligence, unmatched harmful-content detection, and coverage of 117+ languages, ActiveFence enables organizations to deliver engaging and trustworthy experiences at global scale while operating safely and responsibly across all threat landscapes.