Tories censured for sharing misleading information on social media five times more often than Labour
by Zoe Grunewald
Mar 23, 2024
3 minutes
The Conservative Party is almost five times more likely to be censured on social media for sharing false or misleading information online than Labour, new research has claimed.
Top government accounts, including the prime minister, cabinet ministers and the official Conservative Twitter/X feed have accrued almost five times as many community notes as the opposition, a campaign group has said.
A fact-checking feature was made available on Twitter/X in the UK in January last year and allows users to add context
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