National Security Online Information Team
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- The NSOIT (National Security Online Information Team) sits within DSIT and: “leads the UK government’s operational response to information threats online, and ensures the government takes necessary steps to identify and respond to acute misinformation (ie incorrect or misleading information) and disinformation (ie information which is deliberately created to cause harm) that pose risks to UK national security and public safety”. [1]
According to a Written Answer to Dawn Butler MP from Saqib Bhatti on 14 March 2024:
- In October 2023 the Counter Disinformation Unit became the National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT). The name more accurately reflects the team’s revised remit and function, which is to tackle the greatest national security risks facing the UK from mis and disinformation, specifically looking at threats posed by foreign states, risks to elections and from the use of AI and deepfakes. This revised remit is kept under regular review. It would not be appropriate to publicly comment on NSOIT’s funding levels, as doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of the Government’s capabilities in this area. Nevertheless, DSIT continues to account to parliament for the use of public funds in relation to the NSOIT and other teams within the department.[2]