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<\/a><\/p>\nProfessor Tim Hayward<\/a><\/span><\/strong> update on the Institute of Statecraft’s Integrity Initiative Disinformation Cluster:<\/span><\/p>\n “This is my first personal blogpost since April. At that time I referred to a \u2018coordinated smear campaign\u2019 <\/a><\/strong><\/span>against anti-war journalists, tweeters and academics, whose number included myself and other members of the SPM Working Grou<\/strong><\/span>p<\/a>. The portrayal of us as \u201cuseful idiots\u201d for some or other official enemy, I suggested, was evidently a strategic communication.<\/span><\/p>\n We now know a lot more about the coordination of that communications strategy, thanks to the recently accessed documents exposing the Institute for Statecraft\u2019s so-called Integrity Initiative (here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and here<\/strong><\/span>).<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Numerous points of interest and concern emerge, one of which regards the high profile attack launched at our Working Group on the front page of The Times<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Two of its authors, we learn, are named in the newly available documents. They \u2013 Deborah Haynes<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and Dominic Kennedy<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \u2013 have not so far responded to invitations to clarify their association with the \u201cInitiative\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n What we do know from the documents is that a coordinated network was very closely following all public comments on such critical events as\u00a0the Skripals poisoning in Salisbury, on which SPM produced its first Briefing Note<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and the chemical attack in Douma this year, which was the focus of SPM\u2019s second Briefing Note<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n The working group\u2019s third Briefing Note will be released soon [update<\/em><\/strong>, 21 Dec 2018, it is<\/em> now published<\/em><\/strong> here<\/em><\/a><\/span>].\u00a0Meanwhile, for anyone wishing to catch up with others\u2019 comments on the \u201cIntegrity Initiative\u201d, links to discussions of the issue will be maintained here below.<\/span><\/p>\n [Update 22 Dec 2018<\/em><\/strong>: currently the full set of II documents is available at https:\/\/fdik.org\/Integrity_Initiative\/<\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n Alexandra Bader (30 December 2018) Integrity Initiative: Mit allen Mitteln gegen Russland<\/a><\/span>, CeiberWeiber<\/em> [in German]<\/span><\/p>\n Beastrabban blog (30 December 2018) Private Eye on the Integrity Initiative and Its Links to American Intelligence<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Aaron Mat\u00e9 (28 December 2018) New Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics<\/a><\/span>, The Nation<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mark Curtis (28 December 2018) Twitter and the smearing of Corbyn and Assange: A research note on the \u201cIntegrity Initiative\u201d<\/a><\/span>, Mark Curtis: British foreign policy declassified<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Free West Media Staff (28 December 2018) UK info war against Russia targets young children<\/a><\/span>, Free West Media<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Derek Royden (28 December 2018) The new Agitprop? The Integrity Initiative exposed<\/a><\/span>, Nation of Change<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mark Hodgetts (27 December 2018) Disturbing Questions About the Independence of Mainstream Media<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n David Miller, with Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton (26 December 2018) Inside the Integrity Initiative, the UK gov\u2019s information war on the public<\/a><\/span>, Moderate Rebels<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Constanze Kurz (25 December 2018) Der hausgemachte Desinformationsskandal, Frankfurter Allgemeine<\/a><\/span> [in German]<\/span><\/p>\n Russia Today (24 December 2018) Why is paid Integrity Initiative hitman Ben Nimmo still used as \u2018independent\u2019 expert by MSM<\/span>?<\/a> RT Question More<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Johanna Ross and Kit Klarenberg (24 December 2018) UK academics unveil report on Integrity Initiative as Sunday Times attacks Sputnik journalists<\/a><\/span>, Radio Sputnik<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Chris Donnelly (Director of Institute for Statecraft and its \u201cIntegrity Initiative\u201d) On Disinformation<\/a><\/span>, Youtube video<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The Bulgarian Times (23 December 2018) The British Integrity Initiative as an attempt to enforce global censorship<\/a><\/span>, The Bulgarian Times<\/em> [in Bulgarian]<\/span><\/p>\n John Pilger (22 December 2018) A Look Back at 2018, Look Forward to 2019<\/a><\/span>, Going Underground, RT<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Paul McKeigue, David Miller, Jake Mason, Piers Robinson (21 December 2018) Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative<\/a><\/span>, Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media\u00a0<\/em>[readers\u2019 comments on the Briefing Note are posted here<\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n Jens Berger (20 December 2018) Die Infokrieger im Dienste ihrer Majest\u00e4t<\/a><\/span>, NachDenkSeiten<\/em> [in German]<\/span><\/p>\n Alan MacLeod (19 December 2018) The Integrity Initiative in Context<\/a><\/span>, Conversation with Slava Zilber<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Russia Today (19 December 2018) \u2018Striking images to help public relate\u2019: UK Integrity Initiative\u2019s post-Skripal psyop leaked<\/span><\/a>, RT<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mark Galleotti (19 December 2018) The Integrity Initiative and Me (and Jeremy Corbyn)<\/a><\/span>, In Moscow\u2019s Shadows<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n David Jamieson (19 December 2018) State-backed Integrity Initiative confirms meeting with Herald journalist for Scotland briefing<\/a><\/span>, CommonSpace<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Margaret Kimberley (19 December 2018) Freedom Rider: UK and US PSYOP Collusion<\/a><\/span>, Black Agenda Report<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Piers Robinson (19 December 2018) Interview: There\u2019s desire to ramp up public perception of Russia being a threat in the international system<\/a><\/span>, Radio Sputnik\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n South Front (19 December 2018) British Foreign Secretary Confirms Integrity Initiative Documents, Blames Russia For Everything<\/a><\/span>, South Front<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n RT (19 December 2018) Do it CIA style: UK-funded \u2018Integrity Initiative\u2019 planned to infiltrate European media, leaks reveal<\/a><\/span>, RT News<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Piers Robinson (18 December 2018) On the emerging Integrity Initiative scandal<\/a><\/span>, Fault Lines<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Kit Klarenberg (18 December 2018) Integrity Initiative: The Times Meets Ukrainian Kidnappers, Propaganda Follows<\/a><\/span>, Sputnik<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n South Front (17 December 2018) Hackers Uncover More Documents Throwing Light On British Propaganda Campaign Against Russia<\/a><\/span>, South Front<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Johanna Ross with Kit Klarenberg (17 December 2018) Anonymous leaks 3rd batch of Integrity Initiative documents<\/a><\/span>, Radio Sputnik<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mohamed Elmaazi and Max Blumenthal (17 December 2018) Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK\u2019s Scandalous Information War<\/a><\/span>, Grayzone<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Edward Lucas (17 December 2018) Don\u2019t swallow Labour\u2019s claims of \u2018black ops\u2019<\/a><\/span>, The Times<\/em> [making a case in favour of the II, behind a paywall]<\/span><\/p>\n Ian Shilling (17 December 2018) The #Russiagate Hoax and the \u201cIntegrity Initiative\u201d to Gaslight the public with more \u201cRussia Threat\u201d lies<\/a><\/span>, Investment Watch<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n David Scott (16 December 2018) Half a League Onwards: A glimpse of the policy protocols of the Integrity Initiative<\/a><\/span>, UK Column<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mail Opinion (16 December 2018) Minister\u2019s flimsy defence of infowars attack on Jeremy Corbyn as embarrassing as Tory leadership farce<\/a><\/span>, Daily Record<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n John Ferguson (16 December 2018) Tory minister \u2018misled Parliament\u2019 over Government-funded infowars attack on Jeremy Corbyn<\/a><\/span>, Daily Record<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n David Scott (15 December 2018) Integrity Initiative: Ministry of Defence Parliamentary answer now in doubt<\/a><\/span>, UK Column<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Moon of Alabama (15 December 2018) The \u2018Integrity Initiative\u2019 \u2013 A Military Intelligence Operation, Disguised As Charity, To Create The \u201cRussian Threat<\/span>\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Ally Tibbitt (15 December 2015) Scottish charity at centre of \u2018propaganda\u2019 row probed by regulator<\/a><\/span>, The Ferret<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n David Miller (14 December 2018) interviewed by George Galloway<\/a><\/span>, Mother of All Talk Shows, Talk Radio [item from 23 minutes; interview from 27 minutes.]<\/span><\/p>\n Kit Klarenberg (14 December 2018) Integrity Initiative: Spanish Cluster Misled UK Parliament Over Assange, Russia<\/a><\/span>, Sputnik<\/span><\/p>\n Anonymous (14 December 2018) The documents of \u2018Integrity Initiative\u2019, Part 3<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nDiscussions of Institute for Statecraft\u2019s \u201cIntegrity Initiative\u201d<\/h3>\n