The Agency is extending its strength to meet the threat and Michael Tofvesson who is head of the MSB says that development is serious.
– There’s something going on all the time. The pattern now is that pump out a constant narrative which in some parts is bad for Sweden, he says.
It is mainly from Russia and the Islamic state as Mikael Tofvesson see the big rise of so-called disinformation, deliberately distorted information to deceive or influence the public and decision makers.
it is often incorrect details hidden in other information. But it is in such sensitive issues as immigration, terrorism or why not NATO membership, that the part can help to further polarize the debate, says Mikael Tofvesson.
– When you enter in an effort to reignite the further, to just create greater fragmentation. I get the notion, when I look at the influence that Russia does, that someone over there think that you benefit from Sweden to perceive itself as unstable and less united, he said.
Sweden exposed to information influences from other countries is nothing new. But the MSB has marked a dramatic escalation in the recent past. Something that Security Service warned.
And on behalf of the government is now expanding the MSB his strength to combat the misinformation.
– Now in the near future we will keep on recruiting six people and we will grow further. We already have a good cadre who work with this, says Mikael Tofvesson.
There are some more famous cases of misinformation that the false letters that spread in Russian media last fall. It seemed to come from a Swedish chief prosecutor that suggested that Sweden joined Ukraine’s affairs in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Six months earlier spread another fake letter that looked to be from Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist which he speaks warm arms exports to Ukraine.
It’s pretty spectacular events that mainly affect Sweden’s international reputation.
But most cases of misinformation is more subtle and is aimed directly against Sweden. Then it is rather pretty role as the frenzy pumps out incorrect information in social media, according to Michael Tofvesson.
The type of misinformation means big risks, says Lars Nicander, director of the center for asymmetric threats at the defense college
– It’s that we can not make rational decisions. That affect the population, which in turn affects the political ability to make decisions and that you get a distorted picture of reality, if you do not have a critical thinking.
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