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
Further Reading
January 19, 2022
Conspiracy clickbait: This one weird trick will undermine democracy
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
January 10, 2022
Conspiracists are backing tennis star Djokovic amid controversy at the Australian Open
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
December 17, 2021
Ciarán O’Connor: “COVID-19 has served as a catalyst for radicalisation”
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence
November 29, 2021
Far-right supporters and antivaxxers repackage conspiracies during the pandemic
Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
November 13, 2021
Repurposing COVID-19 conspiracy theories among climate change sceptics
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Public Health
November 5, 2021
Russian state propaganda fuels COVID-19-related conspiracies among German social media
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
October 21, 2021
Terror-related online activity isn’t the only type of extremist content that’s grown since the pandemic
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health, Terrorism and Extremism
