EDMO BELUX (Belgium Luxembourg Research Hub on Digital Media and Disinformation)

The new EU report on FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) threats, published by the European External Action Service (EEAS), exposes an increasingly structured global disinformation ecosystem, driven primarily by Russia and China, which in 2024 alone targeted over 90 countries.

As Paris emerges as one of the leading supporters of Ukraine in the West, the infamous Russian disinformation operation Storm-1516, to which John Mark Dougan contributes, targets France.