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1) A thread of my ongoing threads, covering the various linked "grassroots" campaigns disseminating disinformation, conspiracy theories, and pseudo-science.
First up, the UK Medical Freedom Alliance:
x.com/Aw_what/status/1358781…
The UK Medical Freedom Alliance, founded in December 2020 by "retired doctor" Elizabeth Evans and Dr Anna Forbes.
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Funny how othering, xenophobia, racism & "dreams of flights to Rwanda" wins votes, sells newspapers, increases viewing/listening figures & subsequently fees for advertising, but years of ideas, policies, Bills, referendums, etc, we're still at othering, xenophobia.... ah... ok...
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People will always be susceptible to lies, propaganda, conspiracies, etc, as long as there's outlets for lies, propaganda, conspiracies, etc, to make money from it. And, as the best in the biz of lies, propaganda, conspiracies, etc, demonstrates below, its a circle. (Roughly...)
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And if you feel like you have no-one to speak to, my DMs are open if you just want to vent at some random on Twitter. There are always people who'll listen. See @NHSuk link below or @samaritans
nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-h…
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Paul retweeted
9 Feb 2022
🧵It was "I'm not an antivaxxer, but...."
Now it's
"I'm not a far right conspiracy theorist, I just hang around with Qanon"
Quick look at Qanons' Mappin's UK mates
Melville and Farage
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And as we've seen with "freedom fighters", self-proclaimed "critical thinkers", Covid disinformation groups & the far right in the UK, there's a fascinating, yet horrifying, crossover with Russian propaganda & neo-Nazis. Its either naivety, stupidity or intentional.
16 Feb 2023
My latest for @NatObserver, on how Russian proxy sites and convoy Telegram channels trafficked in Russian propaganda about last year’s truck convoy in Canada — putting the convoy on a global stage & potentially shaping actual events on the ground.
nationalobserver.com/2023/02…
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