Twitter backtracks after France caught out by its own fake news law

Twitter has been forced to backtrack after the French government accidentally fell foul of its own law designed to prevent the spread of fake news. The #OuiJeVote (Yes, I Vote) campaign was rejected by the social media giant as it risked contravening a law introduced in December, that requires paid-for political content on the platform to be transparent about who funds it, even though the campaign is aimed at encouraging people to vote. Twitter's decision was criticised by the French government information service (GIS), which planned to pay for the sponsored tweets. We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view.