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News and updates from the Full Fact team

12 March 2021

Addressing Health Misinformation: Lessons from 2020

Last year, Full Fact co-hosted a virtual conference, Addressing Health Misinformation: Lessons from 2020, to discuss common misinformation challenges and best practice

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Addressing Health Misinformation: Lessons from 2020
27 January 2021

Fix information failures or risk lives: the Full Fact Report 2021

The pandemic exposed dangerous gaps in public data and communication systems - the government must act now to protect the public

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Fix information failures or risk lives: the Full Fact Report 2021
18 January 2021

In 2021 you can reach us on WhatsApp

In September 2020 Full Fact launched a pilot WhatsApp service aiming to tackle misinformation on the platform, we will be continuing this work in 2021 too.

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In 2021 you can reach us on WhatsApp
18 December 2020

A framework for information incidents: five levels of severity

Full Fact has published a third paper as part of an ongoing project to build a collaborative model for fighting bad information online

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A framework for information incidents: five levels of severity
17 December 2020

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

Our second report on Full Fact's experience of the Third-Party Fact-Checking programme run by Facebook

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Full Fact publishes new report on Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking programme
16 December 2020

The challenges of online fact checking: how technology can (and can’t) help

New research report into the main challenges faced by global fact checkers when finding and checking claims online

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The challenges of online fact checking: how technology can (and can’t) help
10 December 2020

Eight days. Eight hundred donors. One huge thank you.

Our supporters helped us raise £55,000 in this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge

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Eight days. Eight hundred donors. One huge thank you.
4 December 2020

Responding to the challenges caused by information incidents

Full Fact has published its second paper as part of a new project to build a collaborative model for fighting bad information online

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Responding to the challenges caused by information incidents
25 November 2020

Better communication needed to tackle gaps in understanding of economic statistics

Economic measures affect our lives in many ways. But research published today shows gaps in the pubic's understanding, and disillusionment and apathy about the economy.

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Better communication needed to tackle gaps in understanding of economic statistics
19 November 2020

Bringing together the UK government, Facebook, and others to combat misinformation crises

With a coronavirus vaccine now potentially just months away, the global public deserves good information.

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Bringing together the UK government, Facebook, and others to combat misinformation crises
10 November 2020

Researching bad information: what we learned in 2020

Lessons for fact checkers, gaps in our knowledge and new directions

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Researching bad information: what we learned in 2020
15 October 2020

Full Fact, Africa Check and Chequeado explore conspiracy theories and communicating uncertainty

In two new research briefings, Africa Check, Chequeado and Full Fact have teamed together to find out what we know about conspiracy theories and communicating uncertainty.

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Full Fact, Africa Check and Chequeado explore conspiracy theories and communicating uncertainty

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