Imagine someone is secretly paying people to shout over you in a meeting so no one hears your side of the story. This project studies how countries like Russia and China use digital bots and fake news to silence certain voices and trick people in Europe. It's like building a high-tech radar to spot these invisible manipulation patterns before they sway public opinion.
Companies and governments struggle to distinguish between organic public opinion and coordinated foreign manipulation. This leads to eroded trust and vulnerability to strategic narratives from actors like Russia and China.
A standardized taxonomy of FIMI tactics and a multi-national event database of interference cases.
If you are a security firm dealing with state-sponsored influence operations — this project developed a standardized taxonomy of tactics and techniques that allows you to categorize and flag foreign interference patterns more accurately.
If you are a platform operator dealing with coordinated bot activity on Telegram or X — this project developed mapping of domestic amplification networks that helps you identify and remove fake accounts used for foreign manipulation.
If you are a PR firm dealing with sudden narrative shifts and emotional manipulation — this project developed insights into the psychological drivers of successful manipulation that help you build more resilient communication strategies.
Based on available project data, no pricing or cost information is provided as this is a research-funded project.
The project focuses on creating a multi-country event database and a taxonomy of tactics, which can be integrated into larger digital monitoring systems.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not listed, though it is a Horizon-RIA project involving 14 partners.
The project evaluates how the Digital Services Act and GDPR can be improved to build greater resilience against foreign information manipulation.
The project period runs from 2024-01-01 to 2026-12-31.
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 7 universities and 5 research organizations. However, it includes 1 industry partner and 4 SMEs, suggesting a goal to translate theoretical research into practical tools. The 10-country reach provides a wide geographic data set for analyzing transnational interference.
Contact Ozyegin Universitesi in Turkey for details on the FIMI taxonomy.
Contact us to find a partner for implementing FIMI detection tools.
