Starmer's Misinformation Mafia
7 May 2026
The Labour-Aligned Network Campaigning for Online Censorship
A cluster of Labour-aligned think tanks, two with close ties to Morgan McSweeney, have campaigned for online censorship. This is ostensibly to protect users of social media platforms like X and Facebook from mis- and disinformation — or "hate", as these campaigners often describe it. This shadowy network of pro-censorship lobbyists includes MPs and ex-MPs who helped draft the Online Safety Act and pilot it through parliament, as well as the former British spy behind the Russiagate dossier.
Under the guise of protecting vulnerable people from online harm, members of this network have been spreading false and misleading information about people they regard as politically suspect, including journalists. In this briefing you will learn that those shouting the loudest for curbs on freedom of expression in the name of cleansing the internet of "fake news" have themselves disseminated mis- and disinformation about their political enemies.
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