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Spy v spy: why ‘counter-misinformation’ never works
Thanks to Biden and Truss, cold war-style state-sponsored schemes to combat ‘enemy propaganda’ are back – and they're just as useless as before, inevitably doling out misinformation of their own, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Todd Leventhal (left) was caught denying white phosphorus was
used against people in Iraq
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
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JOE BIDEN’S attempt to get a state-run “anti-disinformation” unit flying has crashed into the ground.
Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board has been “paused” — probably permanently — thanks to criticism from the right.
Sadly, I don’t think the right is wrong here, because in my personal experience, as well as our historic experience, these attempts at state-sponsored “anti-disinformation” units usually end up spreading disinformation themselves.
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