SPOOKS and ministers are working together to help MPs debunk conspiracy theories amid rising concerns about disinformation.
Parliamentary experts are launching an online service to help MPs check the facts and respond to dodgy correspondence.
The online service is being set up after MPs were bombarded with anti-Semitic material and vaccine conspiracies.
It also comes after the royal family faced wild online speculation about the health of the Princess of Wales and King Charles.
Insiders say the Commons Library service will work with the intelligence services to help identify the source of unreliable claims.
There are concerns that states like China and Russia are trying to interfere with our democracy by sowing disinformation.
MPs will be able to receive advice about conspiracy theories, including those circulating about the royal family.
Last week there was worldwide hysteria over Kate Middleton’s Mother’s Day photo.
One minister said: “I am very concerned about the rise of conspiracy theories. It undermines trust, it makes people sick, it radicalizes people.”
There are concerns that failure by MPs to respond extensively to correspondence will fuel theories.
An online question and answer session will be launched next week to help MPs check information.
And later this year, MPs will receive training on how to combat conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism.
One Labor MP said: “We are being bombarded with very aggressive and anti-Semitic material. A lot of it feels very coordinated.”
Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt worked with the Commons Library on the service.
Hatred towards British MPs has increased dramatically since the start of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.
MPs’ offices and homes have been targeted, along with offensive material online.
A new £31 million package was recently announced to protect MPs from increasing death threats and harassment.
It will fund CCTV, alarm systems and even 24-hour bodyguards for those deemed to be at high risk.
Security Secretary Tom Tugendhat is leading a major ministerial taskforce to protect British democracy from hostile states.
There are concerns that images created via AI will be used to spread fake news.
Communities Secretary Michael Gove has developed a new definition of extremism that means Whitehall will no longer be allowed to associate with hate mongers.
A Tory MP added: “Some people get really obsessed. I have even had death threats against my children.”