FIMI-ISAC

The expert group advising on the formation of the FIMI-ISAC has proposed the following approach in the development of the FIMI-ISAC. The FIMI-ISAC is a group of like-minded organisations that engage in protecting democratic societies, institutions, and the critical information infrastructures of democracy from external manipulation and harm. Through collaboration, the FIMI-ISAC enables its members to detect, analyse and counter FIMI more rapidly and effectively, while upholding the fundamental value of freedom of expression. The FIMI-ISAC does not act independently to counter FIMI. Rather, by enhancing collaboration, it empowers its members to do so more effectively. The FIMI-ISAC does not attempt to discern truth from falsehood or fact from fiction. Rather, its members work together to identify and expose deliberate manipulation of the information environment by foreign actors. While content may provide clues to an actor’s intent, the focus of the FIMI-ISAC is on identifying and exposing manipulative behaviour not content.