Lowenna Waters
Jul 11, 2019

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The Labour Party press team's Twitter account has claimed that it was 'hacked' last night after a message was shared that called the party 'institutionally racist'.
The post, which was swiftly deleted from the account, was shared as a BBC Panorama documentary was broadcast that investigated alleged anti-semitism in Jeremy Corbyn's party.
The tweet, which was screenshot and widely shared, read:
There we have it folks, proof if any was needed that the Labour Party IS institutionally racist and will be until Corbyn and his cronies go.
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After it was deleted, the account shared another tweet saying that their account had since been 'secured'.
In the follow-up tweet, the Labour Party wrote:
This account was briefly hacked. It has now been re-secured.
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The tweet comes after the party denied that senior figures interfered with anti-semitism complaints after fresh claims were made by Panorama.
Eight former Labour officials spoke to the show, including four who have signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) on the subject of anti-semitism.
Before the hack, the Labour press team had spent most of the broadcast sharing rebuttals to the show's allegations.
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However, unluckily for them, the message had already become widely shared by social media users.
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