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https://freespeechunion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CDU.jpeg680425The UK government’s shadowy Counter Disinformation Unit may recently have been rebranded as the National Security Online Information Team, but it continues to face criticisms regarding its targeting of lawful online dissent, and the opacity of its operations.