UK establishes National Centre for Information Defence to counter foreign disinformation

The UK government announced the creation of the National Centre for Information Defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states, particularly Russia. The centre will coordinate intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and social media companies, reflecting an escalation in state-level response to AI-enabled information warfare. The announcement signals a new institutional focus on cyber-enabled influence operations, though operational details and funding remain unspecified.