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‘Dark money’ fears raised over anti-SNP Facebook adverts run by Unionists
A UK Government advisor, a former Brexit Party MEP and an Express journalist linked to social media anti-SNP 'dark money campaigns.'
Claim public are ‘lab rats’ as Covid-19 vaccine not safe for pregnant women is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about pregnant women and the new Covid-19 vaccine.
QAnon: Scottish child abuse protests linked to US conspiracy cult
Protests against child trafficking in Scottish cities have links to a far-right conspiracy cult from America called QAnon.
MSPs call on social media firms to crack down on coronavirus misinfo
Dozens of Scottish Covid-19 Facebook groups have been formed in recent weeks, with some being used to promote false information about the pandemic.
Facebook bans Scots far right group linked to neo-Nazis and terrorism
A far right group with links to neo-Nazis, a convicted paedophile and a jailed bomb-maker has been banned from Facebook for hate speech, The Ferret can reveal.
Revealed: The dark-money Brexit ads flooding social media
Facebook has new transparency rules on political ads. But in the last week pro-Brexit groups have spent tens of thousands pushing No Deal - without having to explain who pays for them.
Scotland Office used tax-payer funded Facebook ads to ‘manipulate voters’
Campaigners said the Scotland Office could be using taxpayer funded Facebook ads to “manipulate potential voters for party political purposes.”
UK spy agencies share social media data with foreign governments, say critics
Millions of Facebook and Twitter accounts may have been analysed by UK intelligence agencies and personal data shared with foreign governments and corporations, according to privacy campaigners.
Angry far right posts are dominating political Facebook
Facebook data shows that right wing groups are adept at using anger as a means of outperforming their rivals on the social media platform.
