we've now had that fazze is being shut down.e careful about spreading disinformation about covid—19 could get you banned on some platforms. charlie haynes, bbc news. let's speak to the reporter who you saw in that report. charlie haynes is with me now. tell us a bit more about the information or misinformation people were being asked to spread? 50. information or misinformation people were being asked to spread?- were being asked to spread? so, this was information _ were being asked to spread? so, this was information supposedly - were being asked to spread? so, this was information supposedly from - were being asked to spread? so, this was information supposedly from the j was information supposedly from the european medicines agency, supposedly from the hack. that wasn't true at all. it was actually information cobbled together from different sources and given this thin veneer of authenticity, and trying to give influence ours this impression that it was something scientific, something grounded in reality. —— influencers. non

we've now heard that fazze is being shut down.reading disinformation about covid—19 could get you banned on some platforms. charlie haynes, bbc news. several people have been arrested in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breached covid—19 restrictions in the centre of australia's biggest city. thousands joined the protests after authorities suggested covid—19 restrictions could remain in place until october, a number of them clashed with the police and were arrested. demonstrations have also taken place in melbourne and brisbane. 1a million australians are under strict stay—at—home orders as the authorities struggle to contain a surge in delta variant infections. phil mercer has more from sydney. police minister, david elliott, he has described about 3,500 protesters here in sydney as "selfish boofheads" — an australian colloquialism for idiots, and i think many australians will agree with his sentiments. health officials say that the actions of these protesters could well cost lives, and senior police officers say t

in may, the company called fazze approached a number of internet personalities and offered to pay themlaims about the safety of the pfizer jab. french and german authorities are investigating the firm, which claimed to be based in the uk. charlie haynes reports. the deal was, in exchange for money, i had to talk about the pfizer vaccine, and the idea was that i had to say about the pfizer vaccine was three times more lethal than the astrazeneca vaccine. there is no, nothing like hello or something — there is no, nothing like hello or something like that. it starts with "my name — something like that. it starts with "my name is daniel, and engaged in an information campaign regarding the covid—19 vaccine. the data leaks showed _ the covid—19 vaccine. the data leaks showed a _ the covid—19 vaccine. the data leaks showed a significant number of deaths — showed a significant number of deaths after the pfizer vaccination. we would — deaths after the pfizer vaccination. we would like to invite you to share this information links". the articles that youtuber ashkar shout contains dubious link

exposed, fazze scrubbed its social media accounts.ted videos echoing fazze's script to hundreds of thousands of viewers. the scheme appears to be part of a secretive industry that security analysts say is exploding in scale, disinformation for hire. firms are selling services once connected principally by intelligence agencies. they sow discord, meddle in elections, seize false narratives and push viral conspiracies mostly on social media. and they offer clients something precious: deniability. joining us now, columnist for the "new york times," max fisher. also with us, former fbi special agent and msnbc contributor clint watts. >> max, thank you so much for being with us. there was something when i was reading an article that stuck out to me that seemed to be different. you've heard the story of somebody on facebook that will post something about their favorite band and will get 12 likes. then they learn if they post disinformation, say crazy things, they'll get about 2,000 likes. we all understand that incentive. we understand the