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14th Jun 2019
Counting Esther McVey’s record on employment
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14th Jun 2019
We can’t explicitly link 130,000 preventable deaths to austerity
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14th Jun 2019
This supposed Chuka Umunna tweet doesn’t seem to be real
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14th Jun 2019
You’ve less than a one in three chance of reaching 100
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13th Jun 2019
Does it cost more to watch TV in hospital than in prison?
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12th Jun 2019
Was foreign aid money spent on an airport that doesn’t run flights?
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12th Jun 2019
Would the Brexit party win a majority of 240 seats at a general election?
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11th Jun 2019
It’s still misleading to say 1.9 million more children are in good or outstanding schools
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: What’s happened to wages since 2010
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: Is employment up only because of zero hours contracts?
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: Is work being spread more thinly?
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: How is it defined and why does that matter?
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: Can you trust employment statistics?
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6th Jun 2019
UK-US trading and investment: a special relationship
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4th Jun 2019
The ‘Imperial March’ was not played to Donald Trump during his UK state visit
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4th Jun 2019
Labour MP’s Brexit poll is meaningless
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31st May 2019
Did one third of voters support a no deal Brexit at the EU elections?
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29th May 2019
How many plastic straws do we use?
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24th May 2019
Theresa May's resignation speech: factchecked
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23rd May 2019
What happened to council funding, welfare spending and police numbers under the Coalition?
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23rd May 2019
Has cocaine use really doubled in five years?
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17th May 2019
Poverty in the UK: a guide to the facts and figures
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17th May 2019
Mental health spending in the English NHS
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17th May 2019
Was the vote to leave the “largest democratic vote” in British history?
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17th May 2019
Polish pensions are not directly subsidised by the UK
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16th May 2019
This post about EU budget contributions is misleading
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15th May 2019
The heart disease death rate isn’t increasing
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13th May 2019
GP numbers: up or down?
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10th May 2019
Does 61% of the country now back Remain?
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10th May 2019
The UK can’t be forced to leave the EU or to join the euro
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7th May 2019
The UK won’t have to adopt the Euro by 2020
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3rd May 2019
Front-page error from the Times about how much private schools save taxpayers
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1st May 2019
Government resurfaces misleading claim about good or outstanding schools
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26th Apr 2019
What will happen to your vote in the upcoming EU parliament elections?
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26th Apr 2019
Did Margaret Thatcher say bus users over the age of 25 were failures?
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26th Apr 2019
What is the UK’s public debt?
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26th Apr 2019
Do Conservative councils charge £100 less tax than Labour or Liberal Democrat councils?
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24th Apr 2019
Does the UK have the world’s third most powerful military?
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24th Apr 2019
Have the most deprived councils seen the biggest reductions in funding?
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18th Apr 2019
The EU referendum wasn’t quite the largest democratic exercise in UK history
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16th Apr 2019
Do Conservative councils recycle more than Labour ones?
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10th Apr 2019
Do Labour councils cost you £350 less in council tax?
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10th Apr 2019
Does the public want no deal?
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9th Apr 2019
Prime Minister’s pension claims don’t adjust for inflation
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9th Apr 2019
Is the government prepared for a no deal Brexit?
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4th Apr 2019
Have 200,000 nurses quit the NHS?
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2nd Apr 2019
Does most of the EU have no steel industry?
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1st Apr 2019
Brexit department makes misleading claim on Brexit options
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26th Mar 2019
You can’t have an “implementation period” after Brexit without a deal
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26th Mar 2019
Reports on the benefits of 10 minutes of exercise need a health warning
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25th Mar 2019
Is it possible to repeatedly sign a parliamentary petition using the same email address?
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25th Mar 2019
There almost certainly weren’t a million people on the People’s Vote march
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20th Mar 2019
EU member countries don’t all have to join the Euro by 2020
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18th Mar 2019
EU immigration to the UK
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18th Mar 2019
Setting the record straight on climate change in the school curriculum
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15th Mar 2019
What is the Irish backstop?
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15th Mar 2019
Does WTO Article 24 allow us to have tariff-free trade with the EU?
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14th Mar 2019
If we leave without a deal, what happens to the Irish border?
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11th Mar 2019
There’s a lot wrong with this viral list about the Lisbon Treaty
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8th Mar 2019
Period poverty: how widespread is it?
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14th Jun 2019
Counting Esther McVey’s record on employment
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14th Jun 2019
We can’t explicitly link 130,000 preventable deaths to austerity
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14th Jun 2019
This supposed Chuka Umunna tweet doesn’t seem to be real
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14th Jun 2019
You’ve less than a one in three chance of reaching 100
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13th Jun 2019
Does it cost more to watch TV in hospital than in prison?
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12th Jun 2019
Was foreign aid money spent on an airport that doesn’t run flights?
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12th Jun 2019
Would the Brexit party win a majority of 240 seats at a general election?
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11th Jun 2019
It’s still misleading to say 1.9 million more children are in good or outstanding schools
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: What’s happened to wages since 2010
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: Is employment up only because of zero hours contracts?
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: Is work being spread more thinly?
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: How is it defined and why does that matter?
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10th Jun 2019
Employment: Can you trust employment statistics?
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6th Jun 2019
UK-US trading and investment: a special relationship
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4th Jun 2019
The ‘Imperial March’ was not played to Donald Trump during his UK state visit
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4th Jun 2019
Labour MP’s Brexit poll is meaningless
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31st May 2019
Did one third of voters support a no deal Brexit at the EU elections?
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29th May 2019
How many plastic straws do we use?
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24th May 2019
Theresa May's resignation speech: factchecked
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23rd May 2019
What happened to council funding, welfare spending and police numbers under the Coalition?
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23rd May 2019
Has cocaine use really doubled in five years?
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17th May 2019
Poverty in the UK: a guide to the facts and figures
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17th May 2019
Mental health spending in the English NHS
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17th May 2019
Was the vote to leave the “largest democratic vote” in British history?
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17th May 2019
Polish pensions are not directly subsidised by the UK
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16th May 2019
This post about EU budget contributions is misleading
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15th May 2019
The heart disease death rate isn’t increasing
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13th May 2019
GP numbers: up or down?
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10th May 2019
Does 61% of the country now back Remain?
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10th May 2019
The UK can’t be forced to leave the EU or to join the euro
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7th May 2019
The UK won’t have to adopt the Euro by 2020
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3rd May 2019
Front-page error from the Times about how much private schools save taxpayers
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1st May 2019
Government resurfaces misleading claim about good or outstanding schools
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26th Apr 2019
What will happen to your vote in the upcoming EU parliament elections?
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26th Apr 2019
Did Margaret Thatcher say bus users over the age of 25 were failures?
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26th Apr 2019
What is the UK’s public debt?
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26th Apr 2019
Do Conservative councils charge £100 less tax than Labour or Liberal Democrat councils?
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24th Apr 2019
Does the UK have the world’s third most powerful military?
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24th Apr 2019
Have the most deprived councils seen the biggest reductions in funding?
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18th Apr 2019
The EU referendum wasn’t quite the largest democratic exercise in UK history
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16th Apr 2019
Do Conservative councils recycle more than Labour ones?
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10th Apr 2019
Do Labour councils cost you £350 less in council tax?
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10th Apr 2019
Does the public want no deal?
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9th Apr 2019
Prime Minister’s pension claims don’t adjust for inflation
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9th Apr 2019
Is the government prepared for a no deal Brexit?
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4th Apr 2019
Have 200,000 nurses quit the NHS?
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2nd Apr 2019
Does most of the EU have no steel industry?
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1st Apr 2019
Brexit department makes misleading claim on Brexit options
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26th Mar 2019
You can’t have an “implementation period” after Brexit without a deal
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26th Mar 2019
Reports on the benefits of 10 minutes of exercise need a health warning
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25th Mar 2019
Is it possible to repeatedly sign a parliamentary petition using the same email address?
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25th Mar 2019
There almost certainly weren’t a million people on the People’s Vote march
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20th Mar 2019
EU member countries don’t all have to join the Euro by 2020
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18th Mar 2019
EU immigration to the UK
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18th Mar 2019
Setting the record straight on climate change in the school curriculum
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15th Mar 2019
What is the Irish backstop?
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15th Mar 2019
Does WTO Article 24 allow us to have tariff-free trade with the EU?
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14th Mar 2019
If we leave without a deal, what happens to the Irish border?
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11th Mar 2019
There’s a lot wrong with this viral list about the Lisbon Treaty
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8th Mar 2019
Period poverty: how widespread is it?
Full Fact in the news
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15th Apr 2019
Nothing but the truth: Inside Facebook's UK fact-checking war room
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10th Apr 2019
Ministers should not be saying the government is ready for no deal if they don’t have the evidence to back it up
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8th Apr 2019
Factchecks and balances in the age of fake news
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5th Apr 2019
Brexit news: The fast-changing facts and what you need to know
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18th Feb 2019
What is fake news, what are the worst examples and why does it matter?
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18th Feb 2019
Facebook needs regulation to combat fake news, say MPs
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15th Feb 2019
Fact/Fiction: Are one in three UK firms planning to leave because of Brexit?
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13th Feb 2019
‘A constructively critical relationship’: Facebook’s fact-checking program shows improvement
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4th Feb 2019
Theresa May Urged To Clamp Down On 'Wild West' Social Media Campaigning
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18th Jan 2019
BBC More or Less: Intersex Numbers, Fact-Checking Facebook, Jack Bogle
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16th Jan 2019
BBC The Media Show: Who needs fact-checkers?
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11th Jan 2019
Facebook’s fact-checking programme is coming to the UK to tackle fake news
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11th Jan 2019
This is how Facebook's news feed fact-checking will work in the UK
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11th Jan 2019
Facebook rolls out fact-checking operation in UK
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10th Jan 2019
Facebook brings fact-checking service to the UK to take down disinformation
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13th Nov 2018
The Why Factor - Fact Checkers
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12th Nov 2018
As fake news flourishes, the UK's fact-checkers are turning to automation to compete
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6th Nov 2018
Fact/Fiction: Do 10% of Brits really qualify for an Irish passport?
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28th Sep 2018
This MP's Brexit poll is an almost perfect example of bad polling practice
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28th Aug 2018
BBC news is not biased in Brexit reporting, says John Simpson
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24th Aug 2018
BBC More or Less: A no-frills life, automated fact-checking, Lord of the Rings maths
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8th Aug 2018
Boris Johnson's burqa row proves Britain is having its own culture war
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29th Jul 2018
With more elections looming, fake news must be tackled now
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28th Jul 2018
Full Fact on BBC Breakfast talking about the leaked DCMS report, fake news and political advertising
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10th May 2018
Three innovations in digital journalism
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8th May 2018
Radical ideas for rebalancing Britain's baby boomers and millenials
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12th Apr 2018
Dominic Raab urged to make immigration house price data public
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16th Mar 2018
Fake-News Makers, Beware: This Firm Claims It Can Oust A Photo With One Fake Pixel
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12th Mar 2018
Economic forecasts aren’t facts, and we shouldn’t treat them as such
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28th Oct 2017
BBC Click: Automated Factchecking
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8th Aug 2017
Journalists to use 'immune system' software against fake news
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29th Jun 2017
Full Fact's new tools check the accuracy of subtitles and hunt down the source of false claims
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6th Jun 2017
Fact check: Have armed police numbers been cut?
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6th Jun 2017
General Election fact watch: Can you be in the single market without being an EU member?
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1st Jun 2017
General Election fact watch: Do grammar schools improve social mobility?
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31st May 2017
General Election Fact Watch: Did last year see the steepest fall in university applications for 30 years?
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30th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Have 2.9 million jobs really been created since 2010?
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26th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Are young people really struggling to find work?
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22nd May 2017
General Election fact watch: How did immigration change when Theresa May was Home Secretary?
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19th May 2017
Truth seekers: inside the UK election's fake news war room
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19th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Are more people in work but not getting enough pay or hours?
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18th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Did the number of social rented homes fall by 420,000 under Labour
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18th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Did the number of social rented homes fall by 420,000 under Labour
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17th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Millions of people who voted Leave did not vote for ‘hard Brexit’
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16th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Food bank use has risen under the Conservatives
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15th May 2017
General election factwatch: Has the UK's deficit come down by two thirds?
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12th May 2017
General Election factwatch: Has the four-hour A&E target not been hit for two years?
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11th May 2017
General Election factwatch: Is funding for schools at record levels?
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10th May 2017
General Election factwatch: Are a million people on a zero hours contract?
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9th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Is immigration really coming down?
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8th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Is the EU really asking for a £100bn Brexit divorce bill?
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5th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Which Government was more generous to pensioners?
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4th May 2017
General Election fact watch: Is crime really rising under the Tories?
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9th Apr 2017
8 ways to spot fake news online (WIRED)
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7th Apr 2017
New tool will help Facebook users spot ‘fake news’ stories on the site (The Sun)
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7th Apr 2017
Facebook told its fake news campaign`should just be the start´(Mail Online)
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6th Apr 2017
Facebook to offer users tips on spotting fake news (Guardian)
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1st Mar 2017
Lies, propaganda and fake news (BBC Future Now)
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26th Feb 2017
Exposing fake news and lies (Observer)
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24th Feb 2017
Can your child spot #fakenews? (BBC News Facebook Live)
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22nd Feb 2017
Prime Minister's Questions: Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May's claims fact checked (Telegraph)
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22nd Feb 2017
What is fake news? (BBC Breakfast)
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21st Feb 2017
How do you spot fake news? (BBC Newsround)
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11th Feb 2017
Fake news is 'killing people's minds' (Sky News)
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10th Feb 2017
Getting automated fact-checking from science fiction to reality
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8th Feb 2017
How can fact-checking be automated?
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8th Feb 2017
How can fact-checking be automated? (Journalism.co.uk)
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21st Jan 2017
Computers to search for truth in war on fake news (The Times)
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17th Jan 2017
Good Morning Britain (ITV)
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15th Jan 2017
The Big Questions: is digital media good for democracy? (BBC)
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11th Jan 2017
Prime Minister's Questions: Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May's claims fact checked (Telegraph)
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22nd Dec 2016
5 new automated fact-checking projects underway (Digiday)
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18th Dec 2016
The Brexit Effect (BBC)
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18th Nov 2016
Post-Truth Politics (Nieman)
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17th Nov 2016
Google’s DNI fund puts €24M into 124 news projects across Europe (TechCrunch)
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17th Nov 2016
Full Fact wants to automate fact checking to fight fake news (Engadget)
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17th Nov 2016
Google funds automated fact-checking software in bid to fight fake news (Independent)
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17th Nov 2016
Google funds more than 100 European projects in second round of Digital News Initiative (Journalism.co.uk)
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17th Nov 2016
Google is helping Full Fact create an automated, real-time fact-checker (WIRED)
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1st Nov 2016
US Election 2016: the online warriors exposing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's lies (Evening Standard)
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9th Jun 2016
Full Fact to look into Remain and Leave claims (ITV)
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12th May 2016
Full Fact on the Huffington Post (Huffington Post)
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29th Apr 2016
Our EU Referendum crowdfunder (crowdfunder.co.uk)
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25th Apr 2016
Leading academics and Full Fact check claims made by referendum campaigns (The UK in a Changing Europe)
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1st Mar 2016
The Nuffield Foundation on Full Fact (Nuffield)