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
October 11, 2024
Investigation | How a pro-Kremlin ad campaign used the Israel-Hamas conflict to spread propaganda in France and Germany
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism
October 11, 2024
Jennie King on the dangers of Hurricane Helene & Milton conspiracies: Undermining trust & hampering relief efforts
Climate, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
July 11, 2024
Likely falsified Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps document claiming to organize pro-Palestine protest circulates online
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
June 27, 2024
Advocates for Palestine and a multipolar world: Information operations by pro-CCP networks targeting Canada
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
June 13, 2024
Russian influence operation Doppelganger linked to fringe advertising company
Commercial Disinformation and Scams, Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
May 31, 2024
The Russian Propaganda Nesting Doll: How RT is Layered Into the Digital Information Environment
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Tech Accountability and Safety
May 23, 2024
Pro-Kremlin Propaganda about Neo-Nazis in Ukraine Targets South Africans Online
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
April 1, 2024
Pro-CCP Spamouflage campaign experiments with new tactics targeting the US
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism
March 29, 2024
Pro-Kremlin responses to the Moscow terrorist attack in Russia, Germany and Italy
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism
