Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the findings in the recent report published by Big Brother Watch entitled Ministry of Truth: The Secretive Government Units Spying On Your Speech.

The Government takes disinformation and misinformation seriously and works with a range of partners, including social media platforms, civil society, and academia to tackle it. The report referenced examines the work of a number of counter-disinformation units across government, the operations of which are a matter for the owning government department. Any Defence assistance to other government departments is always delivered in a manner consistent with our legal and policy obligations. Furthermore I refer the Rt. Hon Member to the answer I gave on 14 February to Parliamentary Question UIN 135142.