MPs urge creation of national body to combat disinformation

MPs urge creation of national body to combat disinformation

A committee of parliamentarians has told government that a centralised facility is required in the environment of ‘the new warfare where open liberal democracies are sitting ducks’ for malign actors Ministers have been urged to create a “National Counter Disinformation Centre” that would protect UK democracy from malign actors both at home and abroad. The call, made by members of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, follows an investigation …