Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/DeclassifiedUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeclassifiedUK</span></a> | UK government secretly paid foreign YouTube stars for ‘propaganda’</p><p>"Crucially, the influencers are instructed to sign non-disclosure agreements prior to being told about Foreign Office involvement. </p><p>As a result, anyone watching their videos would have no idea they had been funded and signed-off by UK government officials."</p><p><a href="https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-government-secretly-paid-foreign-youtube-stars-for-propaganda/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">declassifieduk.org/uk-governme</span><span class="invisible">nt-secretly-paid-foreign-youtube-stars-for-propaganda/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Youtube</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Influencers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Influencers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a></p>