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1 February 2022

Statistics watchdog challenges government's ‘disappointing’ false employment claims

OSR challenge PM's false employment claims in letter to Downing Street

Statistics watchdog challenges government's ‘disappointing’ false employment claims

31 January 2022

Spotify must change its tune on Covid misinformation

Full Fact response to Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek's open letter.

Spotify must change its tune on Covid misinformation

20 January 2022

Full Fact releases updated and improved framework to fight misinformation

This iteration of the Framework introduces a five step process for using the Framework and template spreadsheets to aid collaboration among or between teams.

Full Fact releases updated and improved framework to fight misinformation

12 January 2022

80 fact checkers publish open letter to YouTube demanding effective action against disinformation

Fact checkers around the world are asking YouTube to create a roadmap of policy and product interventions to improve the information ecosystem, including working with non-partisan fact checkers.

80 fact checkers publish open letter to YouTube demanding effective action against disinformation

14 December 2021

Full Fact welcomes Joint Committee's Online Safety Bill report—but questions on freedom of expression unanswered

The Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill published their report on the government’s proposed legislation, due next year.

Full Fact welcomes Joint Committee's Online Safety Bill report—but questions on freedom of expression unanswered

29 November 2021

Four thousand steps closer to honesty

We’re grateful to the 4,257 donors who fought back against bad information this year.

1 November 2021

Standards in public life cannot be upheld without a focus on honesty

Full Fact response to 'Upholding Standards in Public Life, the Final report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Standards Matter 2 review

Standards in public life cannot be upheld without a focus on honesty

14 October 2021

UK public as concerned by the spread of misinformation as immigration and Brexit and the EU

5 October 2021

Towards a common definition of claim matching

We present a formal definition of what we mean by claim matching and relate this to others’ work and explore the scope of the problem.

Towards a common definition of claim matching

13 September 2021

Fact checking works: results from a new international study

New evidence that fact checking significantly reduces belief in misinformation.

Fact checking works: results from a new international study

19 August 2021

Covid vaccines and pregnancy: fact checked

Pregnant women can request good, reliable information using our new helpline

Covid vaccines and pregnancy: fact checked

5 July 2021

How does Automated Fact Checking work?

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised our lives. So why not apply AI to fact checking?

Statistics watchdog challenges government's ‘disappointing’ false employment claims

Spotify must change its tune on Covid misinformation

Full Fact releases updated and improved framework to fight misinformation

80 fact checkers publish open letter to YouTube demanding effective action against disinformation

Full Fact welcomes Joint Committee's Online Safety Bill report—but questions on freedom of expression unanswered

Four thousand steps closer to honesty

Standards in public life cannot be upheld without a focus on honesty

UK public as concerned by the spread of misinformation as immigration and Brexit and the EU

Towards a common definition of claim matching

Fact checking works: results from a new international study

Covid vaccines and pregnancy: fact checked

How does Automated Fact Checking work?

Full Fact fights bad information