Front Organizations

Obfuscation
Front organizations are state-controlled entities that masquerade as independent civil society groups to conduct influence operations, surveillance, and disinformation while maintaining plausible deniability for their sponsors.
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

Obfuscation

Front organizations are state-controlled entities that masquerade as independent civil society groups to conduct influence operations, surveillance, and disinformation while maintaining plausible deniability for their sponsors.

FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
  author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
  title = {Front {Organizations}},
  date = {2026-02-17},
  url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/front-organizations.html},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Front Organizations,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/front-organizations.html.