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You have no idea if such propaganda even exists. Here is the UK culture minister today writing about the need to control the internet because of "disinformatio
by repolfx 8y ago
You have no idea if such propaganda even exists.
Here is the UK culture minister today writing about the need to control the internet because of "disinformation"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/02/17/era-self-regulation-technology-companies-coming-end/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/02/17/era-self-reg...
But he admits that there is no evidence any foreign power has tried to target the UK via disinformation in any way.
And there is no real evidence that's been happening in the USA either. Those claims always fall apart when studied.
- pjc50 8y agoIt clearly does exist. Read the report carefully e.g. para 240: "the Government stated that, following the nerve agent attack in Salisbury in March 2018, the Government had “judged the Russian state promulgated at least 38 false disinformation narratives around this criminal act”.267 However, the Government made it clear that “it has not seen evidence of successful use of disinformation by foreign actors, including Russia, to influence UK democratic processes”.2 What is disputed is whether and how "successful" it was, which is almost impossible to ever be certain about.