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		</div><p>Twitter has warned that any further attempts to mislead the public on its platform during the UK General Election will lead to action by the social media giant.</p>
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<p>The warning comes as the Conservative Party faced criticism after one of its official Twitter accounts was rebranded as a fact-checking service during the ITV leaders’ debate on Tuesday evening.</p>
<p>The Conservative Campaign Headquarters press office account was renamed “factcheckUK” during the broadcast, offering commentary on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s statements and retweeting messages supporting Boris Johnson.</p>
<p>The @CCHQpress account is verified by Twitter, displaying a blue tick which is intended to denote that a user is genuine.</p>
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<p>In response, Twitter has warned that rules are in place on the platform which prohibit behaviour that misleads the public.</p>
<p>“Twitter is committed to facilitating healthy debate throughout the UK General Election. We have global rules in place that prohibit behaviour that can mislead people, including those with verified accounts,” a spokeswoman said.</p>
<p>“Any further attempts to mislead people by editing verified profile information – in a manner seen during the UK election debate – will result in decisive corrective action.”</p>
<p>Twitter has been bolstering its efforts to block misleading information during the election campaign after earlier this month launching a new tool to enable people to report deliberately misleading details about the voting process.</p>
<p>The platform has also announced a ban on political adverts.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is inappropriate and misleading for the Conservative press office to rename their twitter account ‘factcheckUK’ during this debate. Please do not mistake it for an independent fact checking service such as <a href="https://twitter.com/FullFact?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FullFact</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/FactCheck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FactCheck</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/FactCheckNI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FactCheckNI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Full Fact (@FullFact) <a href="https://twitter.com/FullFact/status/1196887778736390146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Conservative Party came under fire after the move on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>The Twitter display name was changed back to CCHQ Press shortly after the debate ended.</p>
<p>Independent fact-checking charity Full Fact tweeted: “It is inappropriate and misleading for the Conservative press office to rename their twitter account ‘factcheckUK’ during this debate. Please do not mistake it for an independent fact checking service such as @FullFact, @FactCheck or @FactCheckNI.”</p>
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<p>Some other Twitter users changed their display names to factcheckUK and posted critical comments about Mr Johnson while others changed their display name to CCHQ Press Office.</p>
<p>Some other Twitter users changed their display names to factcheckUK and posted critical comments about Mr Johnson while others changed their display name to CCHQ Press Office.</p>
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