Cybersecurity and combating disinformation: UK case

Abstract

In the aftermath of the EU membership referendum, the UK’s government undertook some initiatives in order to update its international agenda. According to the British political establishment, the UK best practices in countering cyber threats, foreign meddlings and disinformation campaigns can ensure London’s special status in cooperation with like-minded countries not only within the EU and NATO but beyond the Euro-Atlantic. The article considers British initiatives in information content regulations including recently adopted «Online Harms» White Paper and Global Conference on Mass Media Freedom hosted in London in July 2019. The author concluded that the majority of the measures by the UK government should be considered in the broader context of searching a new global role in countering hybrid threats. The latter, according to London, comes from the countries aiming to undermine the liberal world order.

Keywords

• britain
• b. johnson
• cyber security
• cyber-attacks
• disinformation
• fake news
• hybrid threats
• social media
• european union
• nato
• russia
• brexit