Britain is becoming a soft target for Russian and other state propaganda because the UK is not prepared to educate people on how to deal with information warfare, according to a former White House adviser and security expert.
Fiona Hill told a parliamentary committee that she feared the UK had become “extraordinarily vulnerable” to online manipulation feeding into the electoral system because there was a lack of discussion about civil defence.
“I think part of the problem is also on the societal level: that the UK increasingly looks like a soft target rather than a hard target, because modern war, as we all know, is fought with so many different methods now, including propaganda,” Hill said.
She contrasted the UK with Sweden, which has an idea of “psychological defence”. It is about “training people to think about how you deal with all kinds of information warfare, so people can recognise when they’re being manipulated”.
The concept dates back to the cold war, but after a hiatus Sweden set up a psychological defence agency in 2022, which tries to work with the public and highlight online disinformation.
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Sounds like propaganda that will be used as an excuse to introduce more internet censorship tbh.
Yeah, there is no Russian propaganda. I mean, why would the Kremlin do that, right? /s
Pedophiles exist too, that doesn’t mean they’re not used as an excuse for censorship and control of the internet.
The Kremlin did Brexit imo
Yes, I wouldn’t say the Kremlin ‘did’ it, but they heavily influenced it and spread propaganda imo.
Well yeah I’m not crazy lol, I just think that but for Russian hybrid warfare the UK would still be EU.
Who else gains from a UK outwith the EU?
The USA? China? Individual moneyed interests? Disaster capitalists’ sons ?
I think it’s fair to say there were many sources of dis/mis information and pinning it squarely on Russia is disingenuous. They very very likely contributed, but they’re not the only outside power to meddle. Nevermind the internal greedy self interested campaigns.
Given my prior comment wouldn’t it be disingenuous to say I’m pinning it squarely?
I read it as pretty clearly placing it on Russia’s shoulders alone.
Must we persist in this dialogue tree nobody chose?
Lol Nigel and his pals have had support since forever. The NF and the london race riots weren’t all that long ago. Boomers didn’t vanish since then.
internet authenticity not censorship