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Coronavirus: Disinformation

Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 89696, tabled on 14 September 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2020 to Question 84695 on Coronavirus: Disinformation, how many full time equivalent staff are engaged in the Counter Disinformation Unit.

Answered on

17 September 2020

Addressing the challenges of COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation is a whole of Government effort. This work draws on a range of existing cross-government teams, giving it the flexibility to respond to a range of different issues.

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