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
August 20, 2023
Jennie King: Climate change policy in the UK is feeding into “cultural confrontation and identity politics”
Climate, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
August 18, 2023
Jared Holt on new images of Trump’s lawyer following Alex Jones around on January 6
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism
August 11, 2023
Jared Holt: “‘I’m just joking’ is a lazy defense for creating harmful content”
Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism
July 31, 2023
Julia Ebner: Is it too late to stop democracies from being taken over by conspiratorial thinking?
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
July 21, 2023
‘Sustainability’ festival cancelled after activists expose it as a conspiracy theorist event
Antisemitism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
July 18, 2023
UAE’s Presidency of COP28: A commitment to renewable energies or an opportunity for greenwashing?
Climate, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism
July 11, 2023
Jennie King: Climate denial content removal policies are unenforceable, demonetisation is the solution
Climate, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
June 30, 2023
TikTok fails to enforce content removal of climate change-denial videos, BBC investigation finds
Climate, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Tech Accountability and Safety
June 29, 2023
Four trends explaining the spread of antisemitism from fringe internet corners to the “political middle”
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism
