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Disinformation: Understanding it and fighting it

Disinformation: Understanding it and fighting it

A guide for people in progressive politics

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Paul Mason
Feb 02, 2025
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I’ve just given a talk to Labour Party activists about disinformation. But to me, having a seminar on disinformation is a bit like King Harold having a seminar about “arrows” on the eve of the Battle of Hastings. Like arrows, disinformation is a weapon.

Far more interesting are the strategy, tactics and objectives of the adversary that is deploying the …

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