ARM Project EU

Coordinated by CMI, the ARM project explores authoritarian strategies for information control beyond borders. While foreign disinformation receives ample scrutiny, other forms of foreign information manipulation and intervention (FIMI) remain overlooked. ARM conceptualises and addresses different forms of FIMI. The project will explore the extent that which major global players like China and Russia, alongside Rwanda and Ethiopia, engage in transnational information suppression, particularly targeting European diaspora communities. With a consortium of 11 partners across 8 countries, ARM will deliver a toolkit of practical countermeasures, empowering people to protect information freedom.