How Can We Utilise the Media to Counter Disinformation and Hate? @ THE CAMPAIGN FRINGE

​This session is part of The Campaign Fringe, an all-day gathering of progressive campaigners and experts exploring bold ideas, practical tools, and best practice.

Held on September 29th at the Camp and Furnace Liverpool, The Campaign Fringe is where effective campaigners share what works - find out what else is on here: https://lu.ma/rpu1av03

• ​In this session, Tigerlily Productions and Marking Films Inc bring together experts to discuss how progressives can leverage different forms of media to counter disinformation and hate following the release of their critically acclaimed documentary UNDERCOVER: Exposing the Far Right.

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The far right is on the rise, fuelled by disinformation that divides communities. UNDERCOVER: Exposing the Far Right - pulled from the London Film Festival over fears of retaliatory violence - follows HOPE not hate as they expose their tactics. This panel explores how far-right ideas are spreading and how media should be utilised to fight back.

Chair: Zoë Grünewald, The Lead

​Speakers: 

• ​Havana Marking, Director of UNDERCOVER: Exposing the far right

• ​Joe Mulhall, Director of Research at HOPE not hate

• ​Patrick Hurley MP, Member of Parliament for Southport 

• ​Lord Khan of Burnley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (invited)