London, Sept 23, 2026 (AFP) - UK sets up unit to combat disinformation from Russia, AI

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The UK will create an agency to fight disinformation coming from adversaries such as Russia and amplified by artificial intelligence, to help "separate fact from fiction", Britain's defence minister said Wednesday. A world where "the public find it hard to separate fact from fiction, propaganda from reality, is a dangerous place for a democracy to be," Defence Secretary Wes Streeting told BBC Radio 4. The new centre will "mobilise trusted voices......

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