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

Speakers at event in Oxford say 'junk news' tools pioneered by Russians now originate in UK

Misinformation 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 the evidence of foreign interference in Britain's election was slim, but that strategies first deployed by foreign actors were still going strong. The event was held under the Chatham House rule, meaning speakers can be quoted but not named.