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Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

Democratic societies face a barrage of influence operations from foreign state actors that threaten election integrity, national security and individual rights. ISD is a world leader in identifying, analysing, exposing and combating Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), identifying networks of pro-Kremlin, pro-Chinese and pro-Iranian influence that is manipulative in character and conducted in an intentional and coordinated manner. Actors of such activity can be state or non-state actors, including their proxies inside and outside of their own territory.  

May 27, 2026

All operations on Armenia: Russia’s influence machine targets the vote

Multiple Russian information operations are converging on Armenia in an apparent attempt to influence parliamentary elections on 7 June

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

April 23, 2026

Iran’s diplomats launch a meme war

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

April 15, 2026

How pro-Iran networks gained a billion views on war propaganda

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

April 2, 2026

Foreign actors and foreign influence: An exploratory analysis of international state actors targeting Ireland in 2025

Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Data Access and Transparency, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

March 31, 2026

Irish unity, Palestine and Soleimani: Analysis of an Iranian information operation targeting Ireland

Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Data Access and Transparency, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

March 14, 2026

Iran floods global social media with AI content during ongoing conflict

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

March 9, 2026

ISD investigation exposes sophistication of Russian interference in EU and beyond

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

March 7, 2026

AI floods the Iran conflict narrative with misinformation and state influence

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

March 5, 2026

A “narrative war” unfolds online after US-Israel strikes on Iran

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

Further Reading

December 7, 2022

Boogaloo Movement

The Boogaloo movement is an anti-government, anti-law enforcement extremist militia movement.

Anti-Migrant, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Officials and Law Enforcement, Threats to Public Figures

December 4, 2022

UK census reveals a drop in Christianity in England & Wales, far-right reacts

ISD researchers spoke to Euronews about the far-right's reaction to UK census data showing Christianity is no longer the majority religion.

Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

December 4, 2022

Celebrity deaths increasingly linked to conspiracies since the pandemic

Aoife Gallagher spoke to Insider about conspiratorial communities' fixation on celebrities, the recent blending of theories and recurring themes.

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health

November 21, 2022

Anti-vaxxers switch focus to RSV, related vaccine

ISD's Aoife Gallagher spoke to Mother Jones about the latest pivot from the anti-vaccine and COVID-denial community in the US.

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health

November 21, 2022

Voter denialism hasn’t disappeared, but not “exciting people” like in 2020

ISD's Senior Research Manager Jared Holt spoke with Axios about how denialism narratives played out during the US midterms earlier this month. 

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 16, 2022

Election denialism fails to yield results for Republicans in the US midterms

ISD's Jiore Craig spoke to Yahoo News about the importance of keeping watch over election denialism trends.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 11, 2022

Anthony DeAngelo: election deniers “are playing the long game” on the road to 2024

ISD's Anthony DeAngelo features in UK's iNews speaking on the 2022 primaries, the impact of election deniers and what to expected for 2024.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 11, 2022

NBA star Kyrie Irving’s Amazon searches led him down an antisemitic rabbit hole

MSNBC draws on ISD's report on how Amazon searches can steer users toward racist and other extremist material.

Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism

November 9, 2022

Election conspiracists set fraud foundation ahead of the US midterms

ISD provided research and commentary to POLITICO on local election fraud narratives that were spreading ahead of the US midterms.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 7, 2022

Social media platforms and the drop box monitoring ecosystem

ISD analyses the efforts of election denialists and others to monitor voting drop boxes in the run-up to the 2022 US mid-terms.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

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