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.
September 3, 2026
Russian information operations attempt to polarize discourse ahead of German elections
Der Spiegel interviewed ISD's Pablo Maristany de las Casas on Russia's information campaigns targeting upcoming German elections.
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
Further Reading
August 25, 2022
Apologists of Russia’s war label Finland fascist following its bid to join NATO
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
August 16, 2022
La campagne de l’intimidation : étude de cas des violences numériques envers les candidats aux élections de 2022
Anti-Migrant, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health, Terrorism and Extremism
August 11, 2022
Conspiracies foster community as Trump supporters claim ‘false flag’
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism
August 9, 2022
UK far-right group attempts to hijack World Indigenous Day with racist contest
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Identity-Based Hate and Abuse
August 3, 2022
Extremist ‘educational’ resources radicalising young people online
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse
August 3, 2022
Melanie Smith on combatting domestic terrorism in the US
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism
July 30, 2022
QAnon, the COVID-19 incubator and the hybridised threat landscape
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse
July 13, 2022
Conspiracists and nationalists support Dutch farmers’ protest against climate measures
Climate, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence
