Nigel Farage Has Attacked The Government's Plans For A New Russia Misinformation Unit

The Reform UK leader claimed it is “targeted directly” at his party.

Nigel Farage has become the only senior political figure to condemn the government’s plans to set up a new unit to tackle Russian misinformation.

The Reform UK leader claimed it was “targeted directly” at his party and would stifle free speech.

Prime minister Andy Burnham announced the move in his first speech to the UN General Assembly.

The National Centre for Information Defence will tackle online lies and deepfakes damaging British interests, the PM said.

Burnham said the rise of artificial intelligence means the problem is only set to get worse unless it is tackled........

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