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Labour will use AI to snoop on social media

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) awarded 2.3 million contract to Faculty AI to build monitoring software.

Software can search for foreign interference’, detect deepfakes and analyse social media narratives’ Current focus of beta testing is the influence of foreign states during elections.

Government said it respected freedom of expression and would only monitor content.

Dr Alex de Figueiredo of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was identified as a potential source of misinformation for querying whether all children needed to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

The activities of Prof Carl Heneghan , the Oxford epidemiologist who advised Boris Johnson , were also monitored by the unit.

Molly Kingsley , who set up a campaign to keep schools open during the pandemic, was also monitored.