Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what action, if any, they are taking to combat disinformation about the United Kingdom posted online from overseas.

As set out by the Foreign Secretary in the Locarno Speech on 9 December 2025, we recognise the threat that malign information operations including disinformation pose to our national security and overseas interests. We are working to reduce threats to the UK and our interests by identifying and taking direct action against threat networks upstream including through sanctions. We have sanctioned 38 actors engaged in foreign information manipulation and interference since October 2024. Alongside this we are focused on strategic communication and promoting factual and truthful information, and supporting media freedom. Across these efforts, we are working closely with our allies, strengthening our partnerships to jointly tackle shared threats.