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
July 11, 2022
‘Self-initiated terrorists’ reference the ‘Great Replacement’ in far-right attacks
Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence
July 8, 2022
Vulnerabilities and red flags are crucial to the intervention of mass shootings
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Threat Analysis and Prevention
July 3, 2022
Aoife Gallagher: Social platforms lack the ‘will’ or ‘ability’ to tackle misinformation
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Public Health
June 10, 2022
ISD’s Jacob Davey on the mainstreaming of the ‘Great Replacement’ theory
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
May 27, 2022
Conspiracists turn to familiar pattern following the Uvalde school shooting
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence
May 26, 2022
Australians dissatisfied with election outcome turn to baseless voter fraud theories
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
May 5, 2022
An antisemitic conspiracy theory is being shared on Telegram to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Antisemitism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
