1. El Impacto de la Desinformación en la Política Británica.
La desinformación es percibida como una fuerza peligrosa y corrosiva que está dañando el tejido social y democrático del Reino Unido. Los comentarios expresan una profunda preocupación por cómo las mentiras y el miedo están reemplazando el debate basado en hechos, ahogando la democracia y fomentando la división.
- That's deeply disturbing. I'm sad the uk has gone like this. Disinformation is so dangerous to society.
- Britain doesn’t have a migration crime problem. It has a disinformation problem. And a healthy democracy cannot survive in a toxic politics fuelled by lies and fear. Crime in the uk is down. Disinformation is going through the roof spot a lie, challenge it for evidence.
- 'the speed & scale at which disinformation spreads is one of the central challenges of our age. But if facts alone were sufficient to dispel rumours, conspiracy theories & lies then the far right in britain would be out of business.'.
- Disinformation, & people's inability to view it critically, is hollowing out our democracy. Education will be key to tackling this, but action/interventions across multiple agencies will be needed. Feels like a signature initiative in waiting, if labour has the wit to grasp it.
2. Brexit como Punto de Inflexión y Prueba de Concepto.
El referéndum del Brexit de 2016 es identificado repetidamente como el momento clave que normalizó el uso de la desinformación como una herramienta política a gran escala. Se considera la "prueba de concepto" que demostró la eficacia de las campañas de desinformación para manipular la opinión pública y lograr objetivos políticos, sentando un precedente para futuros eventos electorales.
- This isn't new, online disinformation has been going on for years, brexit 2016 (cambridge analytica). It's now become the weapon of choice.
- It all depends on how polluted the information environment is. Since brexit there have been constant disinformation campaigns that spring up around elections. Brexit was the proof of concept. People need to wake up so this doesn’t keep happening.
- Brexit was an experiment in disinformation the exact same people who did that are currently running america.
- History, and very recent history shows that leaving unchallenged those who deliberately spread evidential disinformation leads to consequences that impact everyone. Brexit being the case in point.
3. El Papel de los Medios y las Plataformas Digitales.
Existe una fuerte crítica hacia el ecosistema mediático del Reino Unido, tanto tradicional como digital. Se acusa a los medios de comunicación de derecha, propiedad de multimillonarios, y a plataformas como GB News de ser vehículos de propaganda y desinformación. Las redes sociales son vistas como un caldo de cultivo para la desestabilización social, donde las mentiras se propagan sin control.
- This highlights how the media environment in the uk is set up to enable bad actors like reform to spread disinformation without any adverse consequences.
- What has the uk done to get the media it has now? it's a media of propaganda, cheer leaders, and sycophants. A quagmire of disinformation.
- Here in the uk it is almost impossible to find a news outlet that isn't owned by the wealthy right. So disinformation is rife and believed by the gullible, of whom there are many.
- The disinformation on social media is astonishing. There are people out there who really want to destabilise british society. If you have never googled “russian troll farms” or “hybrid warfare”, i really encourage you to do so.
4. Actores Políticos y Responsabilidad Partidista.
Se señala directamente a figuras y partidos políticos, principalmente de la derecha como Nigel Farage y Reform UK, como los principales impulsores de la desinformación para alimentar el racismo y la división. Sin embargo, también se critica a todo el espectro político, incluido el Partido Laborista, por utilizar tácticas similares o por no actuar con la contundencia necesaria para frenar este fenómeno.
- People on both the left and right in uk politics have become adept at exploiting ignorance and promoting disinformation. They all probably think it's justified in pursuit of their aims, but it's not. All disinformation like this poisons our politics. Shame on anyone sharing it.
- Farage. Gb news. Reform uk. The far right’s disinformation playbook is fuelling riots, racism and division. I am here to tansplain how it works, why it spreads, and how to fight it.
- It is particularly depressing that the principle source of disinformation is bristol labour. One expects it of tories/reform, but labour's behaviour has become quite appalling.
- The thing is though, labour knows this is a huge problem, so why won't they deal with it by creating laws to control disinformation in the media? it could still cost them the next election.
5. La Influencia Extranjera y la Guerra Híbrida.
Una preocupación recurrente es la interferencia de actores extranjeros, con Rusia mencionada de forma prominente como la fuente principal de campañas de desinformación a escala industrial. Se argumenta que eventos como el Brexit fueron manipulados desde el exterior para desestabilizar las democracias occidentales, y que esta guerra de información es una amenaza directa a la seguridad nacional.
- The ultimate source of online disinformation is russia. However, there's now a huge online right wing hate ecosystem with many brits making thousands a month trying to be the next little tommy dog fucker, happily doing the work of our enemies to undermine the fabric of this country, for profit.
- Good people in the uk tried informational strategies against the firehose of disinformation foisting brexit. None of those strategies worked. The info-warfare was being coordinated on an industrial scale from moscow.
- It’s astounding what russian disinformation can accomplish. Consent of an educated populace. See: brexit.
- I cannot understand why starmer and labour don’t take this head on. In simple terms like you have: “our country is under threat from musk, putin, and xi - they fund massive campaigns of disinformation to destabilise and harm the uk and support farage” and then lay out the evidence.