Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds
"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
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"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
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