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.
July 7, 2026
Canada’s local elections face growing foreign interference risks
ISD-US' Managing Director for Transatlantic Policy and Programming David Salvo warns of foreign threats to Canadian elections in The Globe and Mail.
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
Further Reading
January 28, 2021
Cécile Guerin writes for Wired about the yoga world, antivaxxers and QAnon believers
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
August 4, 2020
Reply All: Inauthenticity and Coordinated Replying in Pro-Chinese Communist Party Twitter Networks
Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
