Twitter called the stunt an attempt to 'mislead' people, adding that any similar actions in the future would result in 'decisive corrective action.'
accounts to "factcheckUK" Tuesday night, masquerading as a political fact-checking service in the midst of a televized pre-election debate.
Britain's ruling political party also temporarily replaced its profile picture with a check mark, seemingly in an effort to make social media users assume it was a verified fact checker. Its Twitter handle, @CCHQPress, was however unchanged, and its cover photo stated it was from the communications arm of the Conservatives.
The account is followed by over 76,000 people. James Cleverly, chairman of the Conservatives, defended the move in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday. "The reason we did that is because we were calling out the inaccuracies, the lies that were coming out during the debate," Cleverly told BBC Newsnight, adding that he disagreed the party was misleading the public.
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