Article 4K4WD Accounts posing as Dominic Raab and Liam Fox among Twitter takedowns

Accounts posing as Dominic Raab and Liam Fox among Twitter takedowns

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Ben Quinn
from Technology | The Guardian on (#4K4WD)

MoD, DExEU and DHSC lodged complaints requesting removal of fake accounts pretending to be associated with government

Twitter accounts masquerading as official outlets for Dominic Raab and Liam Fox were revealed as among those the UK government succeeded in shutting down after complaining to the social media company.

Details of complaints to Twitter by various departments about suspected fake accounts posing as original have been revealed by freedom of information requests from the Guardian, showing it has not always gone in favour of the UK government.

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