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

The Guardian · 23 Eylül 2026
New UK agency to fight ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN

<p>PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence</p><p>Security 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.</p><p>The National Centre for Information Defence will “detect, attribute and disrupt” information attacks by foreign powers, many of