MI5 Chief Ken McCallum Confirms Russia Did Interfere in Brexit Referendum but Says It Had Little Impact – UK Politics Live
Sir Ken McCallum said Russia’s efforts were comparatively unimpressive and urged the UK not to amplify online trolls.
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MI5 chief warns against amplifying Russian propaganda over Brexit referendum row
Sir Ken McCallum said it was openly documented that Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 referendum following a row over Andy Burnham’s comments.
Russia tried to influence the vote at the referendum by which Britain decided to leave the European Union, using propaganda from RT and Sputnik posts and Internet troll networks, confirmed the head of MI5, Ken McCallum. The head of the British intelligence service says however there is no evidence that Moscow's operations would have changed the outcome of the vote ... The post Chief MI5 confirms: Russia tried to manipulate the referendum for Bre…
The head of Britain's domestic security service MI5, Ken McCallum, has confirmed that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 Brexit referendum through anti-EU publications on RT and Sputnik, as well as social media accounts used to spread propaganda. However, he said this did not mean that this interference had a limited impact on the outcome of the vote, The Guardian reports.
Russia got involved in the 2016 Brexit referendum through the Kremlin-controlled press and "troll" social media accounts, said MI5 leader Ken McCallum. He stressed, however, that it was not...
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