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UK government 'running covert counter-extremism propaganda campaign'

03 May 2016

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"The British government is running a covert “propaganda” campaign intended to project its counter-extremism message to British Muslims through supposedly “grassroots” community organisations, a report published on Monday claims.

Several recent high-profile counter-extremism initiatives that appeared to be the work of non-government organisations were actually orchestrated by a media company, Breakthrough Media, with close links to the Home Office's Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), the report says.

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In some cases, the charities and organisations which fronted the campaigns were not aware of Breakthrough Media's close links to the Home Office, while Breakthough employees were required to sign the Official Secrets Act in order to conceal that relationship, the report says."

See the article: UK government 'running covert counter-extremism propaganda campaign' (Middle East Eye, link)

See also: David Cameron to announce new extremist crackdown in Queen’s speech (Politics Home, link) and: Statewatch Analysis: UK: The new government’s assault on civil liberties (May 2015, pdf)

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