I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing the debate. We are not talking just about a few Twitter or Facebook accounts with no picture avatar and 10 followers. The David Jones account had more than 100,000 followers and was listed as one of the most influential Twitter accounts during the last general election. It purports to be from Southampton, yet it tweets exclusively in office hours in a Russian time zone. Surely the social media companies have a greater role to play in identifying fake accounts—which are pretending to be something they are not—for the integrity of the debate we should all enjoy online.
Russian Interference in UK Politics
Proceeding contribution from
Jo Swinson
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 December 2017.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Russian Interference in UK Politics.
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