Speeches by Anderson.

“Yes. What are the best things we can do here in the UK?”

“Could more be done? What other advice would you give?”

“The Committee has received evidence calling for the UK to place China on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. Do you think that is necessary in the context of combating the transnational repression of journalism?”

“Russia, China and Iran are the three that were mentioned in the previous panels. Who would you say is operating in the UK?”

“Who is doing that? Is it the state actors we have been talking about?”

“Just to follow up on that, is there a unit in the Brazilian Government that deals with this and, from your experience, what makes that effective in identifying foreign disinformation. We heard from the previous panel about foreign malign actors masquerading as local citizens. We were talking about America and the UK an…”

“Thank you. That is depressing, but helpful.”

“Nina, the G7 established the rapid response mechanism in 2018 to detect and respond to threats to democracy, including hostile foreign information manipulation and interference attacks. How would you assess its effectiveness? Has it improved resilience against such threats?”

“That is extremely worrying to hear, and I am sorry for all that you have endured. For a US citizen, or for our constituents here in the UK—perhaps this question is for Jon and for Nina—why do you think people should be concerned about foreign information manipulation and interference? What is the impact on the ordinary…”

“That would be very helpful. You talked at the beginning about the 20 donors that have come together in a coalition. Is that in response to these cuts, bringing together other countries prepared to do that funding to bridge some of the gap? What will be the remaining gaps? You have highlighted eastern Europe as where yo…”

“Do you have any further breakdown of the $30 million of cuts? Which were the main countries that the UK was focusing its support on, in terms of media freedom?”

“Yes. What are the best things we can do here in the UK?”

“How will the proposed cuts to the UK overseas development grants impact media freedoms globally? We have talked about the US cuts; what is your assessment of the UK reduction?”

“Could more be done? What other advice would you give?”

“The Committee has received evidence calling for the UK to place China on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. Do you think that is necessary in the context of combating the transnational repression of journalism?”

“Thank you. That is depressing, but helpful.”

“Russia, China and Iran are the three that were mentioned in the previous panels. Who would you say is operating in the UK?”

“Who is doing that? Is it the state actors we have been talking about?”

“Just to follow up on that, is there a unit in the Brazilian Government that deals with this and, from your experience, what makes that effective in identifying foreign disinformation. We heard from the previous panel about foreign malign actors masquerading as local citizens. We were talking about America and the UK an…”

“That is very concerning. In your experience, who are the main actors responsible for the transnational repression of journalism in the UK, and what are their tactics?”