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[[Jonny Hall]] is Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] in the FCDO..

Before this he was Director of the [[Stabilisation Unit]].

Previously, Jonny spent 4 years in No.10 Downing Street, where he was Foreign Affairs Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from late 2016 to 2019.

Jonny joined the Civil Service in 2007, and has spent the majority of his career in the Department for International Development, holding a variety of posts in London and overseas. He was posted to Iraq in 2009, working in both Basra and Baghdad, and to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2011 in the [[Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team]]. Jonny was appointed Deputy Director of the Ebola Crisis Unit to respond to the outbreak in West Africa in 2014, working both in London and in the civil-military task force in Sierra Leone.

Jonny has an English Literature degree from Newcastle University. Prior to joining the Civil Service he was an Army Reservist, deploying as an Infantryman to Iraq on Operation TELIC 5 in 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240522103251/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jonny-hall</ref>

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		+	In March 2024 Hall spoke in Kiev:
	:Jonny Hall, Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate, says that the UK is investing heavily in new, innovative approaches to maintain credible information so that it can be reliably delivered to citizens.		:Jonny Hall, Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate, says that the UK is investing heavily in new, innovative approaches to maintain credible information so that it can be reliably delivered to citizens.

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 :Jonny has an English Literature degree from Newcastle University. Prior to joining the Civil Service he was an Army Reservist, deploying as an Infantryman to Iraq on [[Operation TELIC 5]] in 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240522103251/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jonny-hall</ref>
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 :Jonny Hall, Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate, says that the UK is investing heavily in new, innovative approaches to maintain credible information so that it can be reliably delivered to citizens.
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 :In his opinion, Ukraine is an example of cross-cutting state and public work, when it was possible to form teams of people who counter Russian disinformation.<ref>https://spravdi.org/en/the-example-of-ukraine-gives-us-much-inspiration-we-have-a-lot-to-learn-from-you-lutz-gullner/</ref>
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 [[File:S465 jonny-hall.jpg|thumb|right|500px|[[Jonny Hall]], picture from the gov.uk website]]
-[[Jonny Hall]] was Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] in the FCDO. As of October 2024 the Directorate changed its name to the
+[[Jonny Hall]] was Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] in the FCDO from its creation in 2022. As of October 2024 the Directorate changed its name to the [[Cyber, Information and Tech Threats Directorate]] and Hall remained Director.
 Before this he was Director of the [[Stabilisation Unit]].
-Previously, Jonny spent 4 years in No.10 Downing Street, where he was Foreign Affairs Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from late 2016 to 2019.
+:Previously, Jonny spent 4 years in No.10 Downing Street, where he was Foreign Affairs Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from late 2016 to 2019.
-Jonny joined the Civil Service in 2007, and has spent the majority of his career in the Department for International Development, holding a variety of posts in London and overseas. He was posted to Iraq in 2009, working in both Basra and Baghdad, and to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2011 in the [[Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team]]. Jonny was appointed Deputy Director of the Ebola Crisis Unit to respond to the outbreak in West Africa in 2014, working both in London and in the civil-military task force in Sierra Leone.
+:Jonny joined the Civil Service in 2007, and has spent the majority of his career in the Department for International Development, holding a variety of posts in London and overseas. He was posted to Iraq in 2009, working in both Basra and Baghdad, and to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2011 in the [[Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team]]. Jonny was appointed Deputy Director of the Ebola Crisis Unit to respond to the outbreak in West Africa in 2014, working both in London and in the civil-military task force in Sierra Leone.
-Jonny has an English Literature degree from Newcastle University. Prior to joining the Civil Service he was an Army Reservist, deploying as an Infantryman to Iraq on Operation TELIC 5 in 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240522103251/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jonny-hall</ref>
+:Jonny has an English Literature degree from Newcastle University. Prior to joining the Civil Service he was an Army Reservist, deploying as an Infantryman to Iraq on [[Operation TELIC 5]] in 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240522103251/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jonny-hall</ref>
 ==Views==
 :Jonny Hall, Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate, says that the UK is investing heavily in new, innovative approaches to maintain credible information so that it can be reliably delivered to citizens.

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 [[File:S465 jonny-hall.jpg|thumb|right|500px|[[Jonny Hall]], picture from the gov.uk website]]
-[[Jonny Hall]] is Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] in the FCDO..
+[[Jonny Hall]] was Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] in the FCDO. As of October 2024 the Directorate changed its name to the
 Before this he was Director of the [[Stabilisation Unit]].

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	Jonny has an English Literature degree from Newcastle University. Prior to joining the Civil Service he was an Army Reservist, deploying as an Infantryman to Iraq on Operation TELIC 5 in 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240522103251/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jonny-hall</ref>		Jonny has an English Literature degree from Newcastle University. Prior to joining the Civil Service he was an Army Reservist, deploying as an Infantryman to Iraq on Operation TELIC 5 in 2004 to 2005.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240522103251/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jonny-hall</ref>
		+	==Views==
		+	:Jonny Hall, Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate, says that the UK is investing heavily in new, innovative approaches to maintain credible information so that it can be reliably delivered to citizens.
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		+	:“At the government level, we are considering how to increase our capabilities, arm ourselves with tools, and ensure coordination. Two years ago, we in the UK saw that we had not invested enough in building a mechanism that would allow us to respond in a strategic, global way to these [information] challenges. Therefore, we have created a new Directorate within the FCDO, which coordinates our activities in this area. We engage partners, work with colleagues from the UK ministries and departments and the military. We need to increase our efforts and cover the entire sector of public administration, try to coordinate our reactions and find weaknesses, and not ignore allies,” highlighted Hall.
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		+	:In his opinion, Ukraine is an example of cross-cutting state and public work, when it was possible to form teams of people who counter Russian disinformation.<ref>https://spravdi.org/en/the-example-of-ukraine-gives-us-much-inspiration-we-have-a-lot-to-learn-from-you-lutz-gullner/</ref>
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	[[Jonny Hall]] is Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] in the FCDO..		[[Jonny Hall]] is Director of the [[Information Threats and Influence Directorate]] in the FCDO..