“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Asked by
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Dan Jarvis)
Disinformation by hostile state actors, particularly from Russia, is an immediate and evolving threat characterised by divisive information operations and the manipulation of public discourse. In response, the Government have sanctioned 38 organisations for information warfare since 2024, enforced the Online Safety Act 2023, and built media literacy skills for young people, so that they can engage with information critically. Most recently, the UK sanctioned three foreign information and manipulation targets responsible for destabilising Ukraine and seeking to undermine European democracy.