Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

For as long as conflicts have taken place, information has shaped outcomes on and beyond the battlefield. Today, the rise of digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and evolving insights from cognitive psychology have only amplified the role of information in conflict. Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) has emerged as a persistent and increasingly sophisticated threat, blurring the line between wartime and peacetime, between military targets and civilian societies.

From online disinformation campaigns to covert influence operations, FIMI exploits the openness of our information environment to destabilize, divide, and distort. To better understand this challenge, HCSS research aims to strengthen resilience, foster informed debate, and advance collective understanding of how information is (mis)used in the modern era.