https://www.keywiki.org/Trusted_News_Initiative

The Trusted News Initiative was launched in 2019 and was a joint venture with BBC, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reuters, Washington Compost, and more.

Here BBC itself is admitting to this. archive

After spreading the Russian collusion hoax for years, these people got together to perpetrate two even bigger hoaxes: Covid and the 2020 US Presidential election. All of the shit of the past 3 years all stems from this clear example of collusion to censor any view that differed from the narrative.