ThatsNonsense.com, which aims to debunk hoaxes, rumours, as well as Internet and email scams, has featured Britain First at least twice.
In 2014, the site noted how important it was for people to check their sources.
Speaking of Britain First’s Facebook page, it said that the page “posts a consistent stream of hypocrisy, misinformation, urban legends and outright lies.”
It also said that “in the same way as Like-Farming pages exploit social media users to gain followers, Britain First continually post – amongst the hate-filled bigotry and misinformation – a series of wholly irrelevant information that is designed purely to accumulate Likes, Comments and Shares.”
In 2015, the site featured Britain First after they photoshopped an image aimed at inciting racial hatred.
An image showed a Muslim holding a sign that said “Boycott Bigotry and kill all non-Muslims” and was shared over 600 times by Britain First supporters and the gullible.
In reality, the image was of a war veteran who was holding up a sign that said “Boycott Bigotry”.
ThatsNonsense.com rightly pointed out that “radical groups like Britain First are not a reliable source of truth, which is why it is important on social media that you fact-check your sources before hitting share, if not for any reason than to avoid embarrassment when you find out you’ve shared information with your friends that simply isn’t true.”
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