Monitoring and Responding to Disinformation Campaigns

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) poses a growing challenge to the credibility of democratic elections. It seeks to distort facts, shape public opinion, and weaken trust in institutions  all of which threaten the foundation of electoral integrity.
 Protecting elections from such manipulation means ensuring that every stage of the process from campaigning to counting  remains transparent, inclusive, and resistant to foreign influence.

The integrity of our elections is only as strong as the information ecosystem that supports them

The interference highlighted how external actors exploit technological tools, social divisions, and gaps in oversight to influence democratic processes. Misinformation spread rapidly, eroding public trust in official sources and making it more difficult for citizens to engage confidently in political discourse. At the same time, civil society organizations, election authorities, and independent fact-checkers mobilized to monitor, counter, and mitigate the effects of these manipulative campaigns.

International IDEA
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