I voted against Restore Trust's motions, but its existence and the rise of astroturfing is very worrying. I was getting unbidden promoted Tweets from them in the run up to the AGM.

. National Trust look after vast swaths of coastline, they may be about to be victim of a far right coup.

Our Legal Manager and National Trust member Ian Browne explains what astroturfing is - and why we're worried⬇️

please enjoy this video of me wandering around a nice forest and talking about an important issue

youtube.com/watch?v=_KiU9U…

Astroturfed websites pose as grassroots organisations but often have hidden sponsors. Good Law Project are trying to tackle dark money. Watch and share youtube.com/watch?v=_KiU9U…

🚨Job opportunity alert🚨

Good Law Project are hiring a second Legal Manager; one of the most interesting jobs in the public interest legal sector (if I do say so myself!)

more details here:

goodlawproject.org/news/were-recr…

Worth keeping an eye on this.

It's happening because foreign actors (Russia, China, India) want to inflame our tensions and then say to their people: 'see, multiculturalism doesn't work!'

This is super important!! 👇👇👇

Restore Trust are trying to take over the National Trust by installing 'anti-woke' council members. But can we actually trust Restore Trust if they won't come clean about who is funding them? This important initiative aims to reveal who is funding such attempts to shape society

Fantastic work by Good Law Project.

But I'm shocked we have only have data protection laws to throw at them?

Surely It should be illegal for corporates to impersonate a grass-roots group?

Astroturfed websites pose as grassroots organisations but often have hidden sponsors. Good Law Project are trying to tackle dark money. Watch and share youtube.com/watch?v=_KiU9U…

⬇️'The very core of the National Trust is at risk from an opaque right-wing website trying to influence who will take these seats. We want the group - Restore Trust - to come clean about who is behind them and their use of their members’ data, which could be illegal.'

What is astroturfing? And why should we care?

All the details: glplive.org/enc

All the details here ⏬
glplive.org/enc

Astroturfed websites pose as grassroots organisations but often have hidden sponsors. Good Law Project are trying to tackle dark money. Watch and share youtube.com/watch?v=_KiU9U…

We're still short of our target on this incredibly important case to try and revive the old legal doctrine that the environment is an asset that belongs to all generations - and must be protected in trust for the younger. crowdjustice.com/case/stop-dump…

Two really great jobs - one for a lawyer helping to run our portfolio of litigation and the other helping keep the show on the road!