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Britain becoming ‘soft target’ for Russian propaganda, says security expert

The Guardian · Apr 27, 2026, 8:23 PM

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Fiona Hill tells MPs UK is ‘vulnerable’ because it does not educate people on how to deal with information warfare 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. Continue reading...

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