Thread by @SFFakeNews

1/ In March, @SFFakeNews was set up to tackle the rising tide of hyperpartisan Fake News sites swaying hundreds of thousands of British voters.

Now, with two sites shut down, we are looking to expand our team.

Here are some highlights from 2019:

2/ We were delighted to play our part in forcing The Canary to downsize in August. The Canary’s readership is now down by over two thirds as a result.

There’s more work to do, and with your support, we will get it done 💪🏻💪🏾💪🏿

pressgazette.co.uk/the-canary-bla…

3/ We were unlucky enough to miss out on Arron Banks’ Christmas card list this year.

After we added Westmonster - his propaganda site for Nigel Farage - to our target list, advertisers began pulling ads & the site eventually closed.

4/ The far-right Rebel Media, and Tommy Robinson’s TR News, no longer receive any money from advertising.

Unity News Network, which shares articles from far-right antisemitic websites, lost its donation platform @CharityCheckout.

https://twitter.com/SFFakeNews/status/1206888282421903361

5/ And before the year was out, we said goodbye to Politicalite, a far-right Fake News site that consistently targeted Muslims and supported Tommy Robinson.

https://twitter.com/SFFakeNews/status/1211657644794109953

6/ A quick shout out to the 60+ major brands who took action to stop funding Fake News in this year alone:

@SkyUK, @wwf_uk, @macmillancancer, @chelsea, @PoppyLegion, @CR_UK, @eBay, @guidedogs, @WhichUK, @ManUtd, @MoonpigUK and @Adobe, just to name a few...

7/ Look how much we’ve achieved since March: this pressure works. Your voice matters.

That’s why, with your support, in 2020 we’re expanding our team and we’re expanding our target list to include sites promoting anti-Vaxx conspiracies and climate change denial and more.

8/ You own these victories. Without your follows, retweets and donations, none of this would have been possible.

Please consider making a donation to help us hit the ground running in 2020.

Our New Year's resolution is to fight Fake News. What’s yours?

gofundme.com/f/stopfundingf…