How Russia is using Gaelic and AI to peddle disinformation in Scotland
There is a lie being told about Anas Sarwar on the internet. The Scottish Labour leader, the story goes, is plotting for Pakistani Muslims to take power so they can 'dictate' what is taught in schools.
One right-wing influencer, the former actor Laurence Fox, shared an old video of the Glasgow politician talking, rather uncontroversially, about greater south Asian participation in elected politics. Fox posted: 'Sharia law is coming.'
Scottish Labour dismissed a series of accusations about Sarwar on social media. 'This is an attempt by individuals with a hard-right agenda to use dog whistles to poison our politics,' a spokesman for the party leader said.
It is not only individuals, however, pushing the Sarwar video. It is also the Kremlin. And it is doing
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