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Bot or not: Are fake accounts swaying voters towards Reform UK?

Bot or not: Are fake accounts swaying voters towards Reform UK?

Bot or not: Are fake accounts swaying voters towards Reform UK?
14 June 2024

"Vote Reform UK", "Only Reform UK has a real plan for Britain" - an account on X has posted these and similar messages every couple of hours since the start of the election campaign.

The account, GenZBloomer, is one of dozens across X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok which the BBC has identified as posting hundreds of repeated messages in comment threads expressing support for Reform UK.

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