UK gears up for fight against Russia’s disinformation machine
The UK will create a National Centre for Information Defence to detect and disrupt hostile-state disinformation.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the UN General Assembly that the UK will create a National Centre for Information Defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile-state information operations. He accused Russian agencies of using bots, fake websites, and forged branding of 28 British organizations, including universities and the BBC, and of trying to interfere in the 2019 general election, citing about £1.3 billion in annual Kremlin spending on information manipulation. The centre is expected to work with intelligence agencies, departments, law enforcement, and social media, and the UK said it has already helped Moldova protect elections. Burnham also described a developing UK-US AI defence partnership and said new laws could follow if needed.
- New UK body will detect, attribute, and disrupt state information attacks.
- Burnham cited Russian bots, fake sites, forged brands, and 2019 election interference.
- The centre will work with agencies, police, and social media platforms.
- The UK is developing an AI defence partnership with the United States.
- Lawmakers warned the plan does not address domestic misinformation.
- Tags
- united-kingdomdisinformationrussiainformation-operationspolicyai-governanceelection-interference
- Threat actors
- Kremlin
- Organizations
- National Centre for Information DefenceBBCOfcom
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The UK government will create a new body to track and disrupt disinformation campaigns run by hostile states, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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