Overview
- Investigative reporter Paul Holden alleges Labour Together created Stop Funding Fake News and the Center for Countering Digital Hate to orchestrate advertiser boycotts against selected publishers.
- The report details brand-pressure tactics and importable ad blocklists, citing efforts aimed at Breitbart’s YouTube monetization and a public response from Ford UK about investigating ad placements.
- Holden says the campaign sought to bar UK government advertising from Breitbart and targeted outlets across the spectrum, including claiming the left-wing site the Canary was effectively destroyed.
- One confirmed element is separate from the new allegations: the Electoral Commission fined Labour Together in 2021 for failing to declare roughly £739,000 in donations.
- A related Daily Caller account portrays the operation as extending into the U.S. media market to hit right-leaning outlets, characterizing the activities as coordinated by senior Labour figures.