Theresa May has finally acknowledged that Britain is not insulated from fake news and lies from the Kremlin,but what is the government going to carry out about it?final week, nearly one year on from the first stories about possible collusion between Donald Trump and the Kremlin, or Theresa May stood up and finally talked about Russia. The country had “weaponised” information,she said. It had planted “fake stories and photoshopped images”, and it had our society and institutions in its sights.
It was a watershed moment. Finally, and the government was acknowledging that Britain is not uniquely insulated from what is a global firehose of disinformation,lies and fake news – from Russia and other actors.
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Source: guardian.co.uk