Britain is getting ready to launch a propaganda war against Russia amid allegations that the Kremlin is spreading ‘fake news’ about the poisoning of Sergei Skripal. British spies will be tasked with identifying trolling social media platforms to clamp down on what the UK government deems to be ‘misinformation.’
Theresa May has instructed the intelligence services to use social media to disrupt misinformation as she promised to use “every capability at our disposal” to defeat the alleged new threat facing Britain. RT reports: The new instructions are included in the Fusion Doctrine, unveiled as part of the National Security Capability Review, to be published on Wednesday. It seeks to tackle the perceived threat from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), Russia and North Korea. Increased efforts to tackle fake news come amid security experts alleging, in the Telegraph, that Russia put out more than 20 stories “trying to confuse the picture and the charge sheet” over the poisoning of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury earlier this month.
It follows reports of Britain sharing “unprecedented levels of intelligence” with countries in a bid to persuade them of Russia’s involvement in the Skripal attack. The material provided includes evidence from the chemical weapons facility at Porton Down, just outside the Wiltshire town. The information was cited as being key to 23 states and NATO expelling dozens of Russian diplomats. The UK usually only shares highly classified documents with fellow ‘Five Eyes’ countries, namely the US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Source http://yournewswire.com/uk-launching-anti-russian-propaganda-war/
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