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Title page 1

Contents 3

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4

ABOUT THIS PAPER 5

INTRODUCTION: THE DEMOCRATIC EMERGENCY 6

CHAPTER ONE: THE CASE FOR EPISTEMIC SECURITY 8

CHAPTER TWO: THE UK'S EPISTEMIC CRISIS 11

2.1. THE DIGITISATION OF EVERYTHING 11

2.2. WEAKENED NEWS ECOSYSTEMS 13

2.3. FOREIGN INFLUENCE AND THE GLOBAL AUTHORITARIAN SHIFT 16

2.4. REGULATORY SHORTCOMINGS 19

CHAPTER THREE: WHY NOW? 21

CHAPTER FOUR: THE NEW EMERGENCY - AND OUR POINTS OF RESISTANCE 23

CHAPTER FIVE: RECOMMENDATIONS 25

CONCLUSION 37

Tables 26

TABLE 1. FRESH THREAT ANALYSIS 26

TABLE 2. MAKE GOVERNMENT READY FOR THE TASK 27

TABLE 3. NEW AND RENEWED REGULATION 28

TABLE 4. BOOST OUR DOMESTIC INFORMATION SUPPLY CHAIN 30

TABLE 5. SECURE ELECTIONS & DEFEND CANDIDATES 33

TABLE 6. DEMOCRATISE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE, CITIZENS, AND THE MEDIA 36

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Democracies worldwide are under extreme pressure. Unprecedented levels of distrust in our institutions are fuelling democratic backsliding, the rise of extreme populists across the world and the upending of the norms of liberal democracy. This is exacerbated by the rising power of social media giants, the collapse of trusted local news sources and increased foreign influence, all of which pose a threat to the nation’s information supply chains.

This paper argues that the UK has a unique opportunity to resist the global trend toward democratic backslide. In order to do so, however, we must urgently attend to the UK’s epistemic security – to securing healthy and robust information supply chains within the UK and building resilience to adverse influences thereupon. We identify the various points of vulnerability in today’s information supply chains, and set out actionable recommendations that the government could take now to safeguard our epistemic security.