Britain’s state-owned British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has officially set up an organization designed to fight anything it considers to be ‘disinformation,’ LifeSite News reports.

The ‘disinformation’ group will be led by Marianna Spring, who previously worked for one of the most left-wing news outlets in Britain, The Guardian.

Sixty journalists will be part of Springer’s disinformation team and according to reports she has already set up fake social media accounts to ‘understand polarization online’.

As part of her mandate, Spring will also be investigating the ‘alternative media.’

The BBC is even facing criticism from the left for the move, as LifeSite News explains in its article:

Even left-wing outlets have criticized the BBC’s new endeavor, with Spiked writing that “the BBC not only inflates the dangers of social-media falsehoods, it has also applied the disinformation label to stories that are actually true.”

READ: BBC hit with backlash after forming new team to fight ‘disinformation’

People were quick to respond to the Orwellian announcement:

BBC Verify: the new "counter disinformation" arm of the state Broadcaster.

This definitely won't be used for anything Orwellian! https://t.co/vvqZnkRyjE

— Andrew Bridgen MP (@ABridgen) May 22, 2023

The @BBCWorld launched a team of "disinformation journalists". They'll assume fake web identities and expose connections between alternative media, foreign actors & the "far right" – see video.

Not only did MSM spread misinformation for 3 years – Stalinism now arrived in the UK. https://t.co/pDDGMDH5NI

— Roman Baber (@Roman_Baber) May 23, 2023

To “address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences through transparency”, the BBC has created fake social media accounts.

This is almost as big a joke as the licence fee. https://t.co/7xINZKYKru

— Bruges Group 🇬🇧 (@BrugesGroup) May 22, 2023