UK: Burnham Announces New Counter-Disinformation Agency, Seeks Global AI Standards
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his maiden United Nations General Assembly address to reveal the Kremlin spends £1.3 billion annually on "manipulating information," pledging world leaders can "count on us."
- Russian agencies waged an "insidious campaign" using bots and fake websites, Burnham said, forging the branding of 28 British organisations and attempting to interfere with the 2019 General Election.
- To combat these threats, Burnham announced a new National Centre for Information Defence and an AI defence partnership with the United States to protect critical national infrastructure.
- Burnham also revealed a 10-year plan for Britain focused on reducing economic insecurity, arguing young people struggling with the cost of living are more vulnerable to foreign influence.
- Shifting focus to the Middle East, the Prime Minister denounced Hamas' 2023 attack on Israel as "utterly horrific" and renewed his call for a two-state solution to keep peace alive.
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