Misinformation and disinformation cause real harm to peoples lives, health, finances, and to our democracy.

Our dangerously out of date election laws have left our elections wide open to disinformation and abuse.

Other free countries have been preparing carefully to protect their elections from foreign and other interference and disinformation campaigns.

For example, the steps Canada has taken as part of its Protecting Democracy programme include: publishing the critical election incident public protocol explaining to citizens how a panel of named public servants will be responsible for warning the public of election interference attempts ...

The UK needs to follow Canadas example and create a process for sharing warnings of election and referendum interference with the voters that is independent of the politicians who are campaigning for our votes.

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Government rejects ISC's call for inquiry into Russian interference in Brexit referendum - live news - The Guardian