On both sides of the political spectrum – such as The Canary on the left and Breitbart on the right – media outlets considered hostile to the centrist faction of the Labour Party had their lawful speech censored. Ultimately, a small, well-connected political clique were able to build an entire censorship infrastructure under the banner of “fighting misinformation” and kneecapped critics on all sides. How exactly did they do it?
Between 2018 and 2020, Labour Together received £739,000 in donations that were not declared to the Electoral Commission. They were found guilty of violating electoral law and fined in September 2021. In the meantime, SFFN took shape as a supposedly anonymous “concerned citizens” effort against fake news. Internally, it is alleged to have been incubated and resourced by Labour Together, targeting publishers where they were most vulnerable: programmatic advertising and public-sector ad budgets. Later, SFFN evolved to CCDH, which now hosts the campaign and has presented demonetisation as a replicable model for combating “misinformation”. ...<<<Read More>>>...
