France
French foreign ministry sets up new anti-disinformation task force

France
Russia's OSCE presentation backed with fake news

The interim leader of the Russian delegation to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe presented a series of falsified Western press headlines about Ukraine at a forum run by the European institution last month.

The Agencies' Gazette
More OSINT for French embassies, Ukraine pushes for NATO import certification, security purge continues in Iraq, Chinese Communist Youth League lines up with Xi Jinping

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Paris, Kyiv, Baghdad and Beijing.

FranceFrench foreign ministry pushes for greater use of OSINT in French embassies

UkraineKyiv wants NATO 302 form for arms deliveries

IraqMohammed Al Sudani gets rid of Mustafa Al Kadhimi's faithful security ally

ChinaCommunist Youth League lines up with Xi Jinping

Europe, France, United States
NATO 2030 initiative's implications for Paris

NATO's ambitions, in the event the war in Ukraine worsens, would impose some major changes on France's military logistics apparatus.

France
French ministries battle for influence over online counterinterference effort

The French foreign and defence ministries are vying for leadership on strategic communication in response to foreign propaganda, while Viginum, an agency created to fight online interference, and the intelligence services are increasingly cooperating on its monitoring.

France
Anti-disinformation agency Viginum seeks to move up a gear after a year in operation

Officially launched in July 2021, Viginum counters foreign influence operations, a goal that is now a priority for the French government.

France
France's SGDSN budget finances new anti-fake news technology for Viginum

France's new anti-fake news service Viginum has been allocated €4m to procure technology and hire 25 additional staff in signs which suggest the service is poised to work more closely with the French intelligence community.

European Union to set up task force to combat disinformation in Africa

The European Union's European External Action Service (EEAS) has been working for several weeks on the launch of an African anti-disinformation unit.