{"id":76196,"date":"2026-06-03T12:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/?p=76196"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:03:51","slug":"fimi-external-information-manipulation-and-interference-a-modern-threat-to-the-information-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/fimi-external-information-manipulation-and-interference-a-modern-threat-to-the-information-field\/","title":{"rendered":"FIMI: External information manipulation and interference: a modern threat to the information field"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) stands for “Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference.”<\/span><\/h1>\n
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Photo: Vlad Deep https:\/\/unsplash.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the past decades, disinformation has become one of the most serious challenges in the modern world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the rapid development of digital technologies, social networks, and online media, information has become not only a means of communication, but also a tool of influence, pressure, and even political struggle.<\/span><\/p>\n

If previously disinformation was mainly perceived as the dissemination of false or misleading information, today experts more often speak of a more complex and systematic phenomenon: FIMI.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is FIMI?<\/span><\/h2>\n

FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) stands for “Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference.”<\/span><\/p>\n

This term is used in cases where foreign states, organizations affiliated with them, or other actors purposefully and systematically attempt to influence the information environment, public opinion, political processes, or public sentiment of another country.<\/span><\/p>\n

FIMI is not just the spread of false information. It includes a whole system of influence operations, from propaganda to coordinated campaigns on social networks and information manipulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The latest EEAS report on the threats of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0maps the digital infrastructures used by foreign actors, mainly Russia, but also China, to manipulate and intervene in the information space of the EU and partner countries in order to spread disinformation, undermine trust and undermine democratic societies. This map shows how the channels attributed are only the tip of the iceberg of FIMI activity, as they rely on extensive clandestine networks of channels with hidden connections, such as Doppelganger, African Initiative, Portal Kombat or False Fa\u00e7ade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Investigations conducted by the EAEU show that:<\/span><\/p>\n