The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry

This report outlines the rise of a global, commercialised disinformation industry in which private firms run influence-for-hire operations for political and state-aligned clients: using tools like AIMS to automate fake accounts, generate AI content, conduct hacking and media infiltration, and blend online and offline actions to manipulate elections and public opinion across multiple regions, creating plausible deniability for sponsoring actors.