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Re:Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content,... by pjc50 on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @11:00AM (#19144575)
Not the BBC, but you've reminded me about my least favorite bit of "fake" "news" from the Indyref: the government's Buzzfeed propaganda account. https://www.buzzfeed.com/youdecide2014

Apparently there were "no costs" associated with this, which is even harder to understand. https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-ques...

Would probably make a good test case for anyone's "fake news" detectors.

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Re:Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content,... by UpperBodyEimi on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @11:33AM (#19144931)
Most of the points linked in the buzzfeed myths article are linked to gov.uk sources. Do you feel that these sources are themselves propaganda? I'm not sure which of the points can be confirmed or debunked now except maybe for the oil revenue one.

As for the second article, how to spend your extra £1,000, yes, that one is atrocious.

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