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FIMI Taxonomy v4.1 — Modular taxonomy of foreign information manipulation and interference

Institutional Relay

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State actors embed policy preferences within international institutions to acquire institutional legitimacy and obscure their authorship, allowing their preferred outcomes to be adopted globally as neutral technical standards rather than state directives.
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

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State actors embed policy preferences within international institutions to acquire institutional legitimacy and obscure their authorship, allowing their preferred outcomes to be adopted globally as neutral technical standards rather than state directives.

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Citation

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

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