The other circulated on WhatsApp in the lead up to
the 2017 Kenyan general election, prompting the BBC
to put out a fact-check stating that the video was not
theirs, despite the clever use of BBC branding.
One video that circulated on WhatsApp used
the BBC TV strap on their own content about
the 2017 Kenya election. Archived on September
6 2019.18 Screenshot by author.
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A more sinister example emerged during the 2016
US presidential election when NowThis was forced
to issue a similar debunk because of a fabricated
video that had been circulating with their logo.
An imposter video about the Clinton family
posed as content produced by media company
NowThis by using their branding. Archived on
September 6, 2019.19 Screenshot by author.
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