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Conservatives Dominated Twitter at a ‘Crucial’ Time

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The ‘misleading’ @CCHQPress account rebrand could have gifted Johnson the election Last Tuesday during the ITV pre-election debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, the Conservative Party renamed the official @CCHQPress Twitter account to ‘factcheckUK’. The party also temporarily replaced its profile picture with a tick logo and a header image with the logo, the text ‘factcheck … Continue reading Conservatives Dominated Twitter at a ‘Crucial’ Time

The Deliberate Dissemination of Fake News Is A Democratic Threat

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Fake news is being wilfully disseminated by a substantial minority of the population and this is a huge threat to the democratic process. It’s no secret that fake news is making it harder for people to keep up with current affairs. According to a Pew Research study, about two-thirds of Americans said doctored videos and … Continue reading The Deliberate Dissemination of Fake News Is A Democratic Threat