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Facebook fact-checker finds UK Conservatives ran ads with altered BBC headline
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 / 9:22 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Facebook fact-checker finds UK Conservatives ran ads with altered BBC headline
Elizabeth Culliford
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - One of Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers accused Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Friday of misrepresenting a BBC News article in its ads on the social media platform.
UK fact-checking charity Full Fact found that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party has been funding ads on Facebook that link to a BBC article with an apparently altered headline that reads “£14 billion pound cash boost for schools.”
The actual BBC story is headlined “School spending: Multi-billion pound cash boost announced,” and instead puts the number at £7.1 billion, criticizing the government’s use of £14 billion pound figure as not the usual way of calculating spending.
Full Fact, which is part of the third-party fact-checking program created by Facebook to fight misinformation on the platform, said it had been scrutinizing online advertising ahead of a possible snap election in the country.
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Facebook fact-checker finds UK Conservatives ran ads with altered BBC headline
Elizabeth Culliford
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - One of Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers accused Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Friday of misrepresenting a BBC News article in its ads on the social media platform.
UK fact-checking charity Full Fact found that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party has been funding ads on Facebook that link to a BBC article with an apparently altered headline that reads “£14 billion pound cash boost for schools.”
The actual BBC story is headlined “School spending: Multi-billion pound cash boost announced,” and instead puts the number at £7.1 billion, criticizing the government’s use of £14 billion pound figure as not the usual way of calculating spending.
Full Fact, which is part of the third-party fact-checking program created by Facebook to fight misinformation on the platform, said it had been scrutinizing online advertising ahead of a possible snap election in the country.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-conservatives-facebook/facebook-fact-checker-finds-uk-conservatives-ran-ads-with-altered-bbc-headline-idUSKCN1VZ00Z