New UK agency to fight ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:00:16 GMT

PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information DefenceSecurity chiefs will set up a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia, Andy Burnham has announced, saying the government had a duty to “stem the poisonous tide” from damaging British interests.The National Centre for Information Defence will “detect, attribute and disrupt” information attacks by foreign powers, many of which are enabled by AI, bringing together the intelligence agencies, law enforcement and social media companies. Continue reading...

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