Shadow Cyber Security Minister James Paterson says he has “no confidence at all” that the government’s draft bill to deal with misinformation will actually deal with the problem.
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“And particularly that it will be effective in dealing with the foreign state-sponsored disinformation which is being pumped in our democracy,” Mr Paterson told Sky News host Amanda Stoker.
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