A new post from the ATHENA Project outlines the early direction of a joint EU effort to counter foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). The update follows a FIMI Cluster Meeting held during EU DisinfoLab’s annual Disinfo2025 conference, where experts from LAUREA, EOS, University College Dublin, Maldita, and the ARM project compared findings from across Europe’s information landscape.

Researchers, fact-checkers, and analysts used the session to align what they’re observing in real time, link emerging threats to ongoing EU policy debates, and begin drafting shared recommendations aimed at strengthening democratic resilience.

The ATHENA project tracks and analyses foreign disinformation campaigns, highlights AI, social media algorithms, closed messaging apps, and microtargeting as key tools reshaping the information battlefield. 

Read the blog post here: “Building a stronger European response to FIMI: Reflections from the FIMI Cluster meeting at #Disinfo2025 in Ljubljana” by By Inès Gentil (EU DisinfoLab), ATHENA partners and ARM project partners.