Labour insists Britons won't be targeted for free speech despite 'Orwellian' fears over new 'information unit'

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Veteran Labour MP Graham Stringer has torn into Andy Burnham's "sketchy" plans for a new information unit to target "disinformation" about the UK.Speaking to GB News, the Labour MP argued that the potential implication on Britons is "very worrying indeed".The Labour Government has denied that the new unit, set up to fight disinformation, will be a threat to free speech in this country.Mr Burnham announced plans for the National Centre for Information Defence at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

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I am announcing today that we are developing a new AI defence partnership with the United States to protect our critical national infrastructure."Defending the move, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting assured that the Government is "not interested in policing domestic political dissent".Reacting to the plans, Mr Stringer told GB News...

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Wes Streeting has assured that the Prime Minister's new "information centre" will not be "weaponised" to target the free speech of Britons.Speaking to GB News, the Defence Secretary made clear that he has a "responsibility to defend the freedom and democracy" of this country.Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced plans for a new "National Centre for Information Defence" to fight "disinformation" about the UK.Taking aim at "Russian agencies", the Prime Minister declared that the UK has "tiptoed around this for too long".

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They've amplified far-right narratives, and we have evidence that they tried to interfere with the...

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