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BBC Minute: The UK election’s ‘fake fact-check’ Twitter row

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Winning over voters in the digital sphere is a big part of politics. But the UK’s governing party has been accused of misleading people by disguising a Twitter account as a fact-checking service. The Conservatives say it was clearly marked as theirs. Marianna Spring explains the row. (Photo: screengrab showing @CCHQPress Twitter account title changed to factcheckUK. CCHQ/Twitter)

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