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Posted on 06/16/2026 9:26:03 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The mayor of London is to spend £7m on a campaign to showcase London to the world and tackle online disinformation.
Sir Sadiq Khan said the city had been subjected to a "relentless and unprecedented attack of lies and hatred" on social media.
A report published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) earlier this year found a nearly 200% increase in social media posts in the past two years portraying London as dangerous or in decline.
Susan Hall, the leader of the City Hall Tories, said that Sir Sadiq "should spend more time trying to fix things as opposed to saying 'la la la la la', I'm not listening, everything's fine'."
In February, BBC News reported on a wave of AI-generated videos falsely depicting a "taxpayer-funded water park" in Croydon, part of the wider trend portraying London as a city in decline.
The new City Hall-funded campaign is due to launch in September and and will target audiences across Europe, the United States and Asia.
It aims to promote the capital by celebrating London's "rich heritage, world-class experiences, culture, creativity and role as a centre for innovation and trade".
Sir Sadiq said: "We are facing a relentless and unprecedented attack of lies and hatred from those wanting to damage our capital's standing and our hugely important tourism industry.
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7 million pounds spent on censorship. The UK is gone.
The more time and money that ANY government spends to say “Don’t believe that...it’s nothing but ‘disinformation’ created to make us look bad” the more people will think that government is GUILTY.
The very fact that they think they convince people otherwise shows how stupid they are.
They’re probably comments from people who have actually visited London.
Yes, disinformation like the false story that a Muslim tried to decapitate a man.
What really happened was the man’s head spontaneously started to become unattached and the Muslim was merely trying to administer first aid.
Mohammed was a child rapist. Come and get me...Sir Sadiq Khan!
I’ve always wanted to go there. Until recently.
WAAAAAAY TOO LITTLE
WAAAAAAY TOO LATE
Sadiq Khan is disinformation
It is a truly amazing city...for many reasons,history being just one. Don’t know if the tourist areas are dangerous today.
Yes, disinformation like the false story that a Muslim tried to decapitate a man.
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