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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dan Sabbagh

REVEALED: Britain becoming soft target for russian propaganda says security expert | Rare Historical Photos

Fiona Hill testifying at Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on global security challenges.
Fiona Hill was speaking to a parliamentary committee looking at how the UK can build societal resilience in the online era. Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images

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.

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