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The Drum / Ian Burrell
/ Apr 27“The BBC last week felt obliged to issue a formal warning after a clip purporting to show the BBC reporting on the outbreak of nuclear war between Russian and NATO forces in the Baltic went viral on WhatsApp and other chat platforms as a piece of breaking news. Identifying the hidden hands behind these fake BBC news reports on chat apps is extremely difficult. The BBC does have the unique advantage of its BBC Monitoring division, which tracks, filters and translates news media coverage across 150 countries.” —
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BBC News,
BBC World Service,
chat apps,
Fake news,
Jamie Angus,
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