UK Disinformation Unit Monitored Headmaster Who Questioned COVID-19 Vaccines For Children

UK Disinformation Unit Monitored Headmaster Who Questioned COVID-19 Vaccines For Children
Mike Fairclough, headmaster of West Rise Junior School in Eastbourne, England, in an undated file photo. Russell Sachs
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A headmaster who questioned the effects of lockdown and masking on children, as well as the mRNA vaccine rollout, was reported to the UK’s terror watchdog and had his social media posts monitored by government disinformation units.

In January, Westminster confirmed that it had monitored lockdown critics including Conservative MPs and journalists on social media platforms via its disinformation units, after documents were obtained by the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch.
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