Far right 'use Russian-style propaganda to spread misinformation'

Speakers at event in Oxford say ‘junk news’ tools pioneered by Russians now originate in UKMisinformation techniques first deployed by Russian agents are now more commonly used in Britain by the far right, as well as by politicians to convince their own voters, an audience in Oxford has been told.At an event hosted by Oxford University’s Internet Institute, which has been studying the effects of “computational propaganda” in elections around the world, speakers said