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Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

Inquiry

Misinformation and disinformation campaigns are increasingly weaponised by hostile state and non-state actors and this inquiry will seek to understand which actors are primarily responsible, and which channels and technologies are being used. It will seek to map motivations, sources and locations of the most pressing disinformation threats to democracy, and to understand the impact of artificial intelligence. The inquiry will examine how the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) can work with allies and multilateral organisations to combat the spread of disinformation that seeks to undermine democratic values and institutions. The inquiry will also ask how the Government can coordinate its counter-disinformation work across departments and best work with private organisations. This inquiry will take a regional approach by examining disinformation campaigns within Europe, the Americas, Indo-Pacific and Africa, to understand how the UK can better counter disinformation from malign actors.

 

 

 

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 24 February 2025.

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Past events

Tuesday 1 April 2025
1:30pm Private
2:00pm Public
Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Oral evidence 1 April 2025
2:00pm
  • Salome Zourabichvili
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 11 February 2025
2:00pm Public
Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Oral evidence 11 February 2025
2:00pm
  • Professor Vera Tolz-Zilitinkevic (Sir William Mather Professor of Russian Studies at University of Manchester)
  • Dr Jon Roozenbeek (Lecturer in Psychology and Security at King's College London)
  • Professor Martin Innes (Director of the Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute, Police Science Institute and Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

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