US, Australia Sign Agreements on Countering Disinformation, New Earth Mapping Mission

New arrangements will help stem the spread of misinformation across the Indo-Pacific, the US Secretary of State said.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong during a signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding on Countering Foreign State Information Manipulation and a joint communiqué on the US-Australia Landsat Next 2030 International Partnership Initiative, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 5, 2024. Ting Shen/AFP via Getty Images

According to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the spread of misinformation and disinformation poses a “threat across the Indo-Pacific,” and a new memorandum of understanding on Countering Foreign State Information Manipulation, signed with Australia, will help the two countries work together even more effectively to combat the problem.

The ceremony took place in Washington D.C. ahead of the upcoming AUSMIN discussions on Aug. 6 (Aug. 5 local time).