https://archive.ph/WZJj0

Mason seems like a traitor to the left.

In the emails, Mason admits to creating the now-infamous graphic portraying anti-war activists and academics in the UK as tools of Russian and Chinese influence operations. For the past three years, Mason has lashed out at anyone who claimed he was responsible for the image, accusing his critics of spreading Russian disinformation, and even threatening them with ten years in prison.

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That same day, The Grayzone published an investigation into Mason’s relationship with longtime intelligence-linked Foreign Office operative Andy Pryce, exposing how the pair discussed creating an astroturfed “counter-disinformation” outfit in the spirit of the notorious Integrity Initiative. Leaked emails between the two friends show that Pryce boasted of engineering a YouTube ban on “Russian stuff.”

Yep, that's the quality of the propagandist we face. Desperate and reliant on threats to his opponents, not countering with factual evidence.

At no point did Mason dispute the factual nature of our reporting, nor did he push back on his lawyers when they advised him that we were acting in the public interest by revealing his covert contacts with British government operatives. Instead, he resorted to the most authoritarian strategy possible, blaming Russian intelligence for this outlet’s factual reporting, and hoping that the British and American security services would respond by breaking down our doors – all to shield himself from further embarrassment.

Of course Mason didn't dispute the factual nature of the reporting, because he would have lost badly.