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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.
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Four thousand steps closer to honesty
We’re grateful to the 4,257 donors who fought back against bad information this year.
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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
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UK public as concerned by the spread of misinformation as immigration and Brexit and the EU
UK public as concerned by the spread of misinformation as immigration and Brexit and the EU
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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.
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Fact checking works: results from a new international study
New evidence that fact checking significantly reduces belief in misinformation.
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Covid vaccines and pregnancy: fact checked
Pregnant women can request good, reliable information using our new helpline
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How does Automated Fact Checking work?
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised our lives. So why not apply AI to fact checking?
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How we suggest people on Facebook and Instagram correct posts marked as ‘false’ or ‘partly false’
This is our guide to corrections on social media and what we think works the best.
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Why good statistics are so important for fact checkers
Fact checkers rely on data from national statistics institutes to do their work in fighting misinformation. The Open Data Institute and Full Fact interviewed fact checkers from around the world.
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MPs must ensure the Online Safety Bill tackles bad information and online harms in our democracy
Confirmation that the Online Safety Bill will finally go ahead is welcome: good legislation and regulation could make a significant difference. But it must be balanced with the need to …
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How AI helps us detect 100,000 potential claims a day
We can use new machine-learning tools to automatically identify checkable “claims” across online and broadcast media. At the moment, this averages to around 100,000 claims a day - 1,000 times …
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