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UK Column News YouTube Published Thur 13th December 2018
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'STATECRAFT II INTEGRITY INITIATIVES (Defending Democracy Against Disinformation) No publish date given December 2018: WE ARE The Integrity Initiative Information is the basis of democracy. Without information, there can be no informed debate, and no informed decision-making.
We are a network of people and organizations from across Europe dedicated to revealing and combating propaganda and disinformation. Our broader aim is also to educate on how to spot disinformation and verify sources. This kind of work attracts the extremely hostile and aggressive attention of disinformation actors, like the Kremlin and its various proxies, so we hope you understand that our members mostly prefer to remain anonymous. The facts and information we present are all in the public domain, however, and you can investigate for yourselves. The network is coordinated from the UK. We are not a government body but we do work with government departments and agencies who share our aims.
https://www.integrityinitiative.net/about .'
'UK COLUMN NEWS 13th December 2018: The Questioning of Alan Duncan the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by MP (Member of Parliament) Chris Williamson on Integrity Initiatives and Statecraft.
CHRIS WILLIAMSON MP: "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2018 to Question 196177 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative, if he will publish his Department's (a) documents and (b) correspondence on grant agreements for the Integrity Initiative."
ALAN DUNCAN (Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office): "The FCO's Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme is designed to protect national security by countering disinformation directed at the UK and its Allies from Russia. Russia persistently uses disinformation to target its perceived enemies, An example was the Russian disinformation campaign that followed the attack in Salisbury, which was intended to distract from Russian culpability. Documents and correspondence about projects within the programme will not be published, as this information could then be used to actively attempt to disrupt and undermine the Programme's effectiveness."
CHRIS WILLIAMSON MP: "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) amount and (b) recipient name was for grants paid through the FCO-led Russian language Programme in the latest period for which figures are available."
ALAN DUNCAN (Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office): "The FCO's Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme is designed to protect national security by countering disinformation directed at the UK and its Allies from Russia. Russia persistently uses disinformation to target its perceived enemies, An example was the Russian disinformation campaign that followed the attack in Salisbury, which was intended to distract from Russian culpability. Documents and correspondence about projects within the programme will not be published, as this information could then be used to actively attempt to disrupt and undermine the Programme's effectiveness."
CHRIS WILLIAMSON MP: "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2018 to Question 196177 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative, whether the funding provided to the Institute of Statecraft was through the FCO-led Russian language Programme."
A Different answer this time from Alan Duncan
ALAN DUNCAN (Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office): "The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Russian Language Programme was launched in 2014 following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea. In April 2016 we launched a new four year strategic communications and media development programme authorised by the National Security Council. called the Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme. The former Russian Language Programme was amalgamated into this. The funding provided to the Institute for Statecraft was funded from the Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme." (Diagram shown on air - so who is Andy Pryce?).'
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