Far-right Britain First party given Twitter gold tick

Twitter has given a gold tick to Britain First, the far right political organisation, after a shake-up of its verification system under new owner Elon Musk.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a campaign group, accused Twitter of promoting extreme content to drive controversy and user engagement with the aim of generating more revenue.

Disney declined to comment. It is understood that Disney, which stopped broadcasting the Disney Junior UK channel in 2020 and pulled the related Twitter handle at the same time, had contacted Twitter on Monday morning as soon at it was made aware of the account.