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News and updates from the Full Fact team

Looking back on five years volunteering at Full Fact

Today we say a fond farewell to our longest standing volunteer, Sinéad, who is going on to work at Ofcom.

Full Fact's joint research programme with Africa Check and Chequeado

We are publishing the first of a series of research briefings exploring the available evidence base on how we can best tackle misinformation.

Full Fact publishes first report on Facebook’s Third Party Fact Checking programme

Our first report into our experiences so far fact checking content on Facebook.

A Prime Minister’s words matter—will you stand up for honesty in politics?

A Prime Minister’s words matter. We should take them seriously.

Boris Johnson and Full Fact: a brief history of factchecking

At Full Fact we’ve been factchecking claims that Mr. Johnson has made for almost a decade, ever since we were founded in 2010.

Full Fact calls for urgent action from government to overhaul its use of data

Full Fact is one of 11 organisations calling for a transformative change to improve the UK government's use of data, for better government and better society

Andy Dudfield and Ross Haig join Full Fact in automated factchecking and communications

Full Fact’s growing because our work is more needed than ever.

Everyone talks about trust but how many people understand it?

In our new briefing, Full Fact’s Research Manager Amy Sippitt goes beyond the survey headlines to look at what trust really means.

Fact checking doesn’t work (the way you think it does)

Fact checkers need to move from ‘publish and pray’ to ‘publish and act’

The factbombing problem: Why too many statistics can be damaging to the state of public debate

We’ll remember the Theresa May vs. Jeremy Corbyn era for both sides reeling off really long lists of disconnected facts at PMQs.

The prosecution of Boris Johnson

We want our politicians to tell the truth, but some aren't taking their responsibilities seriously—and our public bodies simply haven’t acted enough.

Full Fact and international partners win Google AI Impact Challenge

We're excited to announce that Full Fact – along with three of our international partners – has been chosen as a winner of the Google AI Impact Challenge.

Full Fact fights bad information

Bad information ruins lives. It promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy. You deserve better.