The new battleground: the UK’s disinformation centre faces threats on multiple fronts

By Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing, Head of Executive Education, University of Leicester

Prime Minister Andy Burnham recently announced the creation of a National Centre for Information Defence that will disrupt disinformation campaigns by states hostile to the UK. The centre will bring together security services, police, tech firms and government departments.

But this new centre will have its work cut out. State-backed adversaries are supported by huge amounts of money – Russia alone has an estimated US$2.15…

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