The responsibility of states to protect democratic processes from online Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)

Description

Focus Group on 'The responsibility of states to protect democratic processes from online Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)'.
Recent years have shown that campaigns of online manipulation and interference, originating at the behest of domestic or foreign agents, be they state and non-state actors, can threaten the fabric of democratic processes. FIMI begs the unsettled problem of distinctions such as between legitimate political debate and illegal manipulation or interference. Distinctively, the qualification of “foreign” calls to the fore the rules and principles governing the relations and conduct of sovereign states, individuals, and multinational corporations, such as online platforms. The Focus Group explores which international human rights law references could and should be mobilised to frame the challenges and
responses to online FIMI operations.

Period	18 Mar 2025
Event type	Workshop
Location	Brussels, BelgiumShow on map