Re:Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report published
by pjc50 on Monday February 18, 2019 @08:25AM
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It clearly does exist. Read the report carefully e.g. para 240:
"the Government stated that, following the nerve agent attack in Salisbury in March 2018, the Government had “judged the Russian state promulgated at least 38 false disinformation narratives around this criminal act”.267 However, the Government made it clear that “it has not seen evidence of successful use of disinformation by foreign actors, including Russia, to influence UK democratic processes”.2
What is disputed is whether and how "successful" it was, which is almost impossible to ever be certain about.
"the Government stated that, following the nerve agent attack in Salisbury in March 2018, the Government had “judged the Russian state promulgated at least 38 false disinformation narratives around this criminal act”.267 However, the Government made it clear that “it has not seen evidence of successful use of disinformation by foreign actors, including Russia, to influence UK democratic processes”.2
What is disputed is whether and how "successful" it was, which is almost impossible to ever be certain about.