Google stops advertisers from targeting voters based on their politics
Google will no longer allow voters to be targeted by advertisers based on their political affiliation, the company has announced.…
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Fact-checkers criticise Tory press office’s Twitter ‘deception’ as ‘self-evidently wrong’
Fact-checkers have said the Conservative Party’s temporary rebrand of its press office Twitter account to appear as a fact-checking service…
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Twitter warns against ‘attempts to mislead’ as Conservatives criticised for ‘fact-check’ rebrand
Twitter has warned that it will use “decisive corrective action” to combat any further attempts to mislead the public on…
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Sky News and Buzzfeed join forces for digital election night coverage
Sky News is teaming up with Buzzfeed UK for its election night coverage in a bid to reach a younger…
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Lib Dem leader’s ‘fake news’ warning after false ‘squirrel abuse’ story goes viral
Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson has warned the public to be wary of sharing misinformation after a story went viral…
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Tommy Robinson libel case over Syrian refugee video reaches High Court
A libel case against Tommy Robinson over comments he made about a Syrian refugee who was filmed being attacked in a…
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Twitter bans all political advertising
Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies give advertisers an unfair advantage in proliferating…
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Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica data scandal but admits no liability
Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine over the harvesting of its users data for political purposes by Cambridge…
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