Sunday, May 10, 2020

Why Iran meddled in Scotland's independence referendum

Recommendable! Unfortunately, the article does not provide much detail about how Iranian agents tried to influence the Scotland's independence vote in 2014.

However, the article gives a good account what the dictatorship intended or what its goals were, i.e. how to weaken the internal and external political power of the UK. 

"... The Islamic Republic, along with Russia and China, was an early entrant into the fake news market, weaponising social media to spread misinformation. ... A report commissioned by Facebook confirms Iran set up proxy accounts on social media to push nationalist messages to Scottish users in 2014, including cartoons depicting David Cameron as ‘the embodiment of English oppression’."

Why Iran meddled in Scotland's independence referendum | The Spectator

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