Britain’s Conservative Party was accused of
trying to deceive voters by changing the
name of its press office Twitter account to
“factcheckUK” during a televised election
debate, raising concerns that political parties’
online trickery is undermining democracy.
Rebranding its account to resemble a neutral
fact-checker, complete with a big check mark,
the party posted tweets supporting Prime
Minister Boris Johnson during his debate with
opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
It later reverted to the name “CCHQ Press” and
restored the party logo to its profile.