Expert analysis for major parliamentary report into disinformation

The report includes 89up’s evidence detailing how over 10 million Britons may have been targeted in pro-Brexit Facebook ‘dark ads’ campaign to put pressure on MPs. We showed how an anonymous group called Mainstream Network used Facebook for political targeting, and how up to £250,000 was spent by an anonymous group to reach up to 10 million citizens in a campaign to “chuck Chequers”.

As a result of this evidence, the Committee questioned Richard Allan, Facebook Vice President of Policy Solutions, about the organisation behind the anonymity of Mainstream Network. The Committee is still awaiting information promised by Facebook.

For more details on our investigation, read the full report Disinformation and fake news.