Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken (1) to address and tackle disinformation surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and (2) to challenge dehumanising language and racist tropes in conflict situations.

We recognise that dehumanising language and hate speech can lay the ground for and justify identity-based violence in conflict. The proliferation of harmful online narratives and its impact on conflict is an emerging challenge. Partnering with specialist organisations, the FCDO is working to identify global best practices for mitigating harmful digital behaviours in conflict - including misinformation, disinformation and hate speech - and considering how action on such digital harms can be integrated into our wider approach to conflict and atrocity prevention.