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Leaked documents cited by Corbyn 'tied to Russian group' - Reddit

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Leaked documents cited by Jeremy Corbyn are tied to a previous Russian disinformation campaign, according to internet discussion site Reddit.The Labour leader used the classified documents detailing trade talks between US and UK officials as evidence of what he said were "secret talks" to sell off the NHS."The uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson's denials in absolute tatters," Mr Corbyn told a news conference last week.Image:Labour says the documents show the NHS is part of post-Brexit trade talks - something the PM strongly deniesThe prime minister dismissed the claims as "total nonsense" and his party said the Labour leader had misrepresented the documents and quoted sections out of context.The documents first appeared in a post on Reddit in October and the site has now said it believes it is "part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia".It said it had also identified more accounts which had used "vote manipulation" to promote the original post.Reddit said the accounts "have the same shared pattern" as a Russian campaign found on Facebook earlier this year, dubbed "Secondary Infektion".More from General Election 2019The site has banned one subreddit and 61 accounts "under our policies against vote manipulation and misuse of the platform".Sky's technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe says it is not known if the leaked documents were hacked or obtained by the Russian group - only that they were trying to "amplify" their visibility.He said what the Russians have been doing "isn't disinformation, because so far as we know the documents are legit".Manthorpe added: "Labour needs to take this seriously - because, however tenuously, this is increasingly looking like foreign interference in the UK election."Earlier this week, experts - including researchers from Oxford and Cardiff universities - also suggested the Reddit leak was linked to the Russian Secondary Infektion campaign.A government spokesperson said: "Online platforms should take responsibility for content posted on them, and we welcome the action Reddit have taken today."The UK government was already looking into the matter, with support from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)."We do not comment on leaks, and it would be inappropriate to comment further."Highlights from the final campaign debateLabour has again refused to discuss where it obtained the documents but maintains they reveal a damaging picture of Mr Johnson's intentions."These documents reveal the plot against our NHS," said a spokesman."And of course neither the UK nor the US government have denied their authenticity.

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