Skip to main content

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.

Reports, special reports and government responses

No reports or special reports published.

Oral evidence transcripts

View all oral evidence transcripts
1 April 2025
Inquiry Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
Witnesses Salome Zourabichvili (Fifth President of Georgia)
Oral Evidence
11 February 2025
Inquiry Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
Witnesses 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), and 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)
Oral Evidence

Written evidence

No written evidence published.

Other publications

No other publications published.

Contact us

  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 4050 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 or facmedia@parliament.uk (media enquiries)
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA