#FBPE: what is the pro-EU hashtag spreading across social media?
If you’ve been wondering what it means, here’s the answer – and the complex tale of how some have tried to hijack it
If you have been on social media over the last few weeks, you may have seen people tagging posts with the hashtag #FBPE, or using #FBPE in their usernames. But what does it mean?
The hashtag was first used on Twitter in October by Hendrik Klaassens, a Dutch social media user, who posted: “#ProEU tweeps organize Follow Back Saturdays! Type #FollowBackProEU or #FBPE if you want to get more #ProEU followers. Let’s do this!” in an attempt to build up a network of pro-EU users.
Source: www.theguardian.com
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