Thank You British Parliament For Labelling BrutalProof.net as Disinformation & Seeking Ways to Censor & Retaliate! Note the Sarcasm

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Conclusion (4):

The complaints-handler IPSO which claims to regulate both news media publishers and their social media platforms has failed to maintain basic standards of accuracy in respect of COVID-19 reporting.

 

  1. In addition to established media outlets, there are many other information/news websites which are publishing disinformation about COVID-19.

 

  1. These websites exist across the internet; many of them specialising in disinformation.

 

Here are three examples:

 

Name URL Summary
Zionist Bioweapon Against China-Coronavirus http://brutalproof.net/2020/02/zionist-bioweapon-against-china-coronavirus/ Anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was started by the Israeli state.
There’s A Connection Between Coronavirus And 5G https://humansarefree.com/2020/02/connection-between-coronavirus-and-5g.html Alleges 5G is connected to COVID-19.
CORONAVIRUS HOAX: Fake Virus Pandemic Fabricated to Cover-Up Global Outbreak of 5G Syndrome http://themillenniumreport.com/2020/03/coronavirus-hoax-fake-virus-pandemic-fabricated-to-cover-up-global-outbreak-of-5g-syndrome/ Virus is a hoax staged to mask damaging effects of global 5G rollout.

 

 

  1. A legislative strategy which engages with UGC only will not address these websites.  Such an approach would be unacceptable.  Legislative action on disinformation and online harms must extend to publishers of disinformation more broadly than private citizens alone.

 

Conclusion (5):

 

There are vast numbers of news and information websites across the internet, which are neither part of the established media nor social media platforms, which are publishing false information about COVID-19 which will not be captured by a “UGC-only” approach to online harms and disinformation.

Annex:

5G conspiracy theorists post under Sun article on 5G locations as masts attacked across the UK

https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/2206/html/

2/3’s of the way down on above page link

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