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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Margaret Davis

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Southport misinformation turbo charged by foreign bots online - What They Never Told You

Police had revealed that dealing with the summer disorder has cost £31.7million to date (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

The spread of misinformation during the post-Southport riots was “turbo-charged” by foreign bots, the police officer in charge of UK counter-terrorism has said.

Matt Jukes also hit out at “unhelpful” domestic commentators who know that police cannot release certain information during ongoing court proceedings but present that as conspiracy.

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