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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

The Sun’s Hillsborough stories used to teach MPs how to recognise fake news

People outside Liverpool FC's stadium walk past a poster that is a mockup of a Sun newspaper billboard which has blood dripping from the masthead and includes the words 'Don't buy the Sun'
An image from the parliamentary course, which is overseen by the House of Commons library. Photograph: House of Commons library

Fabricated stories in the Sun blaming Liverpool fans for the Hillsborough stadium disaster are among examples that will be used in a parliamentary initiative to teach MPs to recognise misinformation and disinformation.

Other examples include a Russian bot campaign on Twitter, now X, that tried to use a photograph taken in the aftermath of the Westminster Bridge attack to stir up Islamophobic hatred.

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