News Mention: Southport stabbings

The organisation Tech against Terrorism has identified a Russian news outlet as among those promoting the claim, raising the suspicion that this week’s violence was at least partly fomented by the Kremlin as an act of hostile state aggression.

In theory, that would bring either or both of the new National Security Act and Online Safety Act into play, given that both contain provisions designed to tackle the spread of disinformation.

The Standard, 1 August 2024