UK's Theresa May Creates "Fake News" Unit

  • 7 years ago
Theresa May is setting up a new "fake news" unit to shut down the influx of anti-Western propaganda she believes is being spread by Russia. A spokesperson for the prime minister told Business Insider that the government has decided to establish a new "National Security Communications Unit," tasked with "combating disinformation by state actors and others." May said in a speech in November, "[Russia] is seeking to weaponise information.

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