The photoshopped tweet portrayed Corbyn as supporting terrorist violence, setting off calls for Nickerson to step down, while his council’s Conservative group has suspended him, according to the BBC. Nickerson deleted the fake photo and apologized independently of the latest apology, but told the BBC that the problematic tweet was a prank by his friends, who had “compromised” his account. In response to Nickerson’s latest apology, Corbyn said Tuesday the false image had “failed to understand the seriousness of the threat... David Perry, the taxi driver, escaped, while Emad Al Swealmeen, the suspect and passenger, was killed. A CNBC analysis found that four of Trump’s top 10 most popular tweets had false claims about the results of the 2020 election.

Source: Forbes November 23, 2021 16:18 UTC