20-11-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com

Phony `fact check’ account on Twitter raises new concerns

Britain’s Conservative Party changed the name of its press office’s Twitter account to “factcheckUK” during a televised election debate between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn this week.The renaming made the account look like a neutral fact-checker, raising new concerns about all the creative ways groups and individuals can use social media to deceive voters.The party hardly even got a slap on the wrist, as Twitter pledged to
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