Research on disinformation networks, opaquely funded think tanks and astroturfing. Focus on political and media influence
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Misinformation. not an issue, not increasing, and no influence. Claims Free Speech Union report
Praising Trump's "veneration" of free speech, Toby Young's FSU supports US veto on UK requlation of misinformation during elections
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The ULEZ bomber
15 year sentence for 100m blast radius in a residential street, but who radicalised him?
Who rolled ULEZ into 15 Minute City conspiracy theories?
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The rise of disinformation fueled
mobs
Antivaxxers at the school gates were a sign of what was to come as disinformation online increasingly takes to the streets
Are we entering an age of US style militias?
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Why is discussing lack of
Covid vaccine access taboo in
the UK?
Guardian article criticises RFK JR while
ignoring greater restrictions in the UK
Other ignored issues includes IPC Guidance, Long Covid, clean air
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It's about more than just the
£72 Million
Examing Reform's record donations and the wider third party infrastructure supporting the radical right
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Telegraph's Knapton promotes Anti-vax letter
Letter comes from Aseem Malhotra and collective of cranks, while Toby Young and GB News' Bev Turner engage in other anti-vaX disinformation
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Response to Mostert retraction demonstrates the rise of anti-science
Accusations of “political interference” by the Telegraph's Science Editor Sarah Knapton and Toby Young undermines science and boosters conspiracy theorists
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Scottish NICPM downgrades
Covid to lowest level R1
This follows Health & Safety Executive
reclassifying from Haz Group 3 down to Haz Group 2 in May. Decision will leave HCWs and patients without appropriate protection.
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IPSO ruling forces Telegraph to print correction after misrepresenting UKHSA on vaccine data request
A look at the ruling and Political Editor Camilla Turner's frequent "sane washing" of anti-vax disinformation groups' misrepresentations
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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
@docrussjackson on Gil Duran, banned from X for calling Palantir's manifesto fascism
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