Laura Dodsworth, photographer and author of the books ‘A State of Fear: How the UK Government Weaponised Fear During the Covid-19 Pandemic’ and ‘FREE YOUR MIND: The New World of Manipulation and How to Resist It’, joined me in the Speccy studios to discuss government propaganda.
She took me on a dive to understand how UK government organisations such as Behavioural Insights Team (Nudge Unit), the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), Rapid Response Unit and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Counter Disinformation Unit along with NGO/quango groups like the The Center For Countering Digital Hate and work to manipulate the minds of me and you, the people.
Who is fact-checking the fact-checkers? Who is fact-checking BBC Verify? We take a look at manipulation on topics such as climate, Sadiq Kahn’s ‘Maaate’ Campaign, Covid and much more.
Laura has a sparkling and original mind, and explains how we can resist the various Ministries of Truth in the Age of Myth-Information.
I hope you love this chat as much as I did…
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Thank you Laura,
WM