Dame Emily Thornberry has warned that Britain is “complacent” in a war on disinformation as countries “try to undermine our democracies” as a report by a committee she chairs called on the government to give greater priority to fighting disinformation abroad.
The Foreign Affairs Committee report has also called for the establishment of a centralised National Disinformation Centre after analysing threats by region, examining countries such as Russia, China and Iran.
Dame Emily told The Independent that Europe has two conflicts to tackle – Russia’s invasion of Europe, and countries “trying to undermine our democracies.”
"These patterns of behaviour are actually things that we recognise as happening in the UK too. We think that it's only something that affects Eastern Europe. It doesn't."
