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UK politics ‘constantly suffering’ from online disinformation, says Labour MP

todayJanuary 18, 2026

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Emily Thornberry says risk posed to British democracy by bot farms and biased algorithms requires action

Online disinformation campaigns, including Iranian bot farms promoting Scottish nationalism and biased algorithms depicting London as “an overwhelmingly dangerous” city, are seeking to undermine British democracy, a senior Labour MP has warned.

Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee, said online disinformation about the UK was being promoted by Donald Trump and other US and UK politicians, and Britain was “constantly suffering from disinformation campaigns from both state and non-state actors”.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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