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词条 Institute for Statecraft
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  1. Integrity Initiative

  2. Funding

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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The Institute for Statecraft is a charity founded in 2009 by Christopher Donnelly[1] and Daniel Lafayeedney[2], legally based in Fife, Scotland. Its stated objects are to advance education in the fields of governance and statecraft, and to advance human rights.[3] The organisation manages the 'Integrity Initiative' amongst other projects.[4][5]

Integrity Initiative

The Integrity Initiative is a project of the Institute for Statecraft with a stated mission of defending democracy from disinformation, in particular from Russia.[4][5][8]

In late 2018, Russian media asserted that the international hacktivist group Anonymous released documents about the Integrity Initiative, that purported to show the programme was part of a disinformation project to interfere in other countries. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office blamed Russia for the release of documents, which were said to be "intended to confuse audiences and discredit an organisation which is working independently to tackle the threat of disinformation".[6][7] The GCHQ National Cyber Security Centre launched an inquiry into possible computer security breaches at the Institute for Statecraft.[6]

In December 2018, the Sunday Mail reported that The Integrity Initiative's Twitter account had been used to attack Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party and Seumas Milne, the director of communications for Corbyn. The Foreign Office minister, Alan Duncan ordered an investigation into the reports and stated “Not only must [anti-Labour attacks by Statecraft] stop, I want to know why on earth it happened in the first place.”[8][9] Chris Williamson argued that it promoted the “denigration of the Labour party and Jeremy Corbyn” and called for an inquiry.[10] In response to Labour Party complaints about this use of government funds in a parliamentary question on the 12 December 2018 The Minister stated that government funding "does [not] fund the management of the Integrity Initiative’s social media account", to which Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry responded that the Integrity Initiative project proposal included "social media activity".[4][5] On 13 December 2018, the Scottish charity regulator OSCR confirmed it had opened an inquiry into the Institute for Statecraft.[11]

Funding

The Integrity Initiative received government funding of £296,500 in the 2017-18 financial year and would receive a further £1,961,000 in 2018-19. This funding was allocated from the cross-department Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), to counter "disinformation" overseas, as part of a £100 million five years programme.[12][13][14] The funding was part of the Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme.[15]

In Financial Years 2016-17 and 2017-18, the UK Ministry of Defence through its Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust's Local Grants Programme awarded a total of £177,650 to 12 separate small projects run by the Shared Outcomes Programme, an initiative of the Institute for Statecraft. In addition, in 2017 the British Army made a payment of £6,800 to the Institute for Statecraft for specialist training.[16]

The Institute for Statecraft has also received funding from NATO, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence, the US State Department and Facebook.[17]

See also

  • Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act
  • Propaganda in the Russian Federation
  • Operation Mockingbird

References

1. ^https://companycheck.co.uk/director/911708036/MR-CHRISTOPHER-NIGEL-DONNELLY/summary
2. ^https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/daniel-lafayeedney
3. ^{{Scottish charity|SC040870|The Institute for Statecraft}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/tory-minister-mislead-parliament-over-13738951 |title=Tory minister 'misled Parliament' over Government-funded infowars attack on Jeremy Corbyn |last=Ferguson |first=John |newspaper=Daily Record |date=16 December 2018 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/13/foreign-office-alan-duncan-denies-state-funds-went-to-twitter-account-criticising-labour-integrity-initiative |title=Foreign Office denies state funds went to Twitter account criticising Labour |last=Gayle |first=Damien |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 December 2018 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}
6. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-linked-to-hacking-of-anti-propaganda-initiative-cd3w2ng7c |title=Russia linked to hacking of anti-propaganda initiative |last=Fisher |first=Lucy |newspaper=The Times |location=London |subscription=yes |date=11 December 2018 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-says-anti-fake-news-charity-spread-fake-news-about-the-party-and-jeremy-corbyn-11577566 |title=Political tweets, "infowars" and a Russia: how a fake news row went mainstream |author1=Rowland Manthorpe |author2=Alexander J Martin |publisher=Sky News |date=11 December 2018 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}
8. ^{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=John |title=Secret Scottish-based office led infowars attack on Labour and Jeremy Corbyn |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/foreign-office-funds-2m-infowars-13707574 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |publisher=Sunday Mail |date=9 December 2018}}
9. ^{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |title=Foreign Office investigates reports that state-funded body targeted Corbyn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/10/foreign-office-investigates-report-state-funded-body-targeted-corbyn |accessdate=23 December 2018 |publisher=The Guardian |date=10 December 2018}}
10. ^https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/09/free-societies-russia-misinformation-integrity-initiative
11. ^{{cite web |title=OSCR opens inquiry into the Institute for Statecraft |url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/news/oscr-opens-inquiry-into-the-institute-for-statecraft |website=OSCR |accessdate=24 December 2018}}
12. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46509956 |title=Russia hack 'bid to discredit' UK anti-disinformation campaign - Foreign Office |last=Landale |first=James |publisher=BBC |date=10 December 2018 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}
13. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-27/196177 |title=Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative: Written question - 196177 |last=Duncan |first=Alan |publisher=UK Parliament |work=House of Commons |date=3 December 2018 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-12-10/200677 |title=Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative:Written question - 200677 |last=Duncan |first=Alan |publisher=UK Parliament |work=House of Commons |date=10 December 2018 |accessdate=24 December 2018}}
15. ^{{cite web |last1=Duncan |first1=Alan |title=Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative:Written question - 198811 |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-12-04/198811/ |publisher=UK Parliament |date=10 December 2018 |accessdate=25 December 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web |last1=Ellwood |first1=Tobias |title=Ministry of Defence: Institute for Statecraft:Written question - 200608 |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-12-10/200608/ |publisher=UK Parliament |date=13 December 2018 |accessdate=25 December 2018}}
17. ^{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Ian |title=Tory minister’s U-turn on infowars attack on Jeremy Corbyn smacks of Cold War dirty tricks |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/tory-ministers-u-turn-infowars-13739903 |accessdate=18 January 2019 |publisher=Daily Record |date=16 December 2018}}

External links

  • [https://www.statecraft.org.uk/ Official Website]
  • Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative, by Paul McKeigue, David Miller, Jake Mason, Piers Robinson
  • {{Scottish charity|SC040870|The Institute for Statecraft}}

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