Tech Gets Real: Protect Yourself in the AI Era
Sep 24, 2026 · 14 min · 10 segments
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham used a major UN speech to announce a pushback against Russian online disinformation campaigns that fuel far-right unrest in the UK. We need to see the details…
David MeyerHostIn recent years, we have seen industrial scale assault by hostile actors on the information environment in the U.K., and that of many of our allies.
Russian agencies have used every means at their disposal to spread lies and disinformation and prey on people's fears.
They've used bots and fake websites, falsified newspaper articles.
They've amplified far-right narratives.
And we have evidence that they tried to interfere with the 2019 general election.
We also know that they have tried to stoke tensions and unrest in the wake of horrific events.
The Kremlin spends around £1.3 billion each year on manipulating information.
We're talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people's homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.
Today, I am asking our security chiefs in the UK to begin work on a new national centre for information defence.
to detect, attribute and disrupt these kinds of hostile state information attacks to support and defend our democracy.
In recent years, we have seen industrial scale assault by hostile actors on the information environment in the U.K., and that of many of our allies.
Russian agencies have used every means at their disposal to spread lies and disinformation and prey on people's fears.
They've used bots and fake websites, falsified newspaper articles.
They've amplified far-right narratives.
And we have evidence that they tried to interfere with the 2019 general election.
We also know that they have tried to stoke tensions and unrest in the wake of horrific events.
The Kremlin spends around £1.3 billion each year on manipulating information.
We're talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people's homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.
Today, I am asking our security chiefs in the UK to begin work on a new national centre for information defence.
to detect, attribute and disrupt these kinds of hostile state information attacks to support and defend our democracy.
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