Hostile foreign powers spreading misinformation and pressuring government officials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #fimi “foreign information manipulation and interference”

Hostile foreign powers spreading misinformation and pressuring government officials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #fimi “foreign information manipulation and interference”
In April, the conference’s own organisers noted that Donald Trump had not been mentioned once in over 350 submitted proposals. By October, the panel that finally mentioned him had cost the conference three of its four government sponsors.
#Disinfo2026 #FIMI #StateDepartment
In April, the conference’s own organisers noted that Donald Trump had not been mentioned once in over 350 submitted proposals. By October, the panel that finally mentioned him had cost the conference three of its four government sponsors.
#Disinfo2026 #FIMI #StateDepartment
The #disinfo2026 conference announces the location for the next edition... oh, wait!
#FIMI at work!
#Disinfo2026
@politico.com has more
The #USA are #FIMI.
If they don’t like it, they should act on it.
#disinfo2026
www.disinfo.eu/conference/
"That panel – called “#USA as a #FIMI threat: adapt, acknowledge, push back”, with the acronym FIMI referring to “foreign information manipulation and interference” – took place Wednesday. It explored how Europe’s disinformation community could rebuild resilience without Washington, and is the […]
It’s shocking to hear that @eudiplomacy.bsky.social, the governments of Canada & Lithuania withdrew their #Disinfo2026 sponsorship on such short notice that the banners couldn’t be replaced.
And: I love how the organizers made sure everyone knew that intimidation was not going to go unnoticed. #FIMI
Read more: saufex.eu/insights/Dis...
Chapter 1 of Disinfonomics
Now take that literally. This week: how disinformation moves real financial markets — and why "it's just politics" misses where a lot of the money actually is.
Disinfonomics: The Market of Lies, saufex.eu/disinfonomic...
ZIM investors holding more than 10% of shares seek another vote on any materially revised #HapagLloyd and #FIMI takeover structure, potentially adding a fresh approval hurdle to the proposed $4.2 billion #ZIM transaction.
What is hidden in language will eventually come to light.
#Linguistics #ImplicitDeception #StrategicCommunication #FIMI
What is hidden in language will eventually come to light.
#Linguistics #ImplicitDeception #StrategicCommunication #FIMI
Empower, not impose.
The public isn't a risk to be contained; it's the largest resilience asset we have — if we treat it that way. Bring people in. Don't lecture them out.
That's the whole-of-society design SAUFEX keeps arguing for.
More: saufex.eu/insights/
20 September 2024: SAUFEX argues the first rule of involving citizens is to never label them "them" — it's "us" we defend (blog post #17).
Read more: saufex.eu/insights/17-...
The EU has sanctioned Xenia Fedorova, former senior executive of RT France, under its framework targeting Russia’s destabilising activities. The Council attributes to her foreign information manipulation and interference. #Sanctions #FIMI
♟️ Upcoming training in November: "Strategic Communications - From Strategy to Strategic Effect"
🗺️More at the link: cep.si/usposabljanj...
This isn't just a policy gap; it's a strategic gap that affects how credible Europe's regulatory framework (DSA, AI act...) can be long-term, and really effective.
#DigitalSovereignty #FIMI #MediaEcosystem #EUtech #Disinformation