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News and updates from the Full Fact team
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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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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Researching bad information: what we learned in 2020
Lessons for fact checkers, gaps in our knowledge and new directions
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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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How we spoke to 77 fact checkers and helped 21 of them start using Claim Review Schema
In 2019 we ran a project that helped more of our fact checking colleagues around the world adopt Claim Review Schema, and to train them to use it correctly.
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Fact checkers need to work together to create better models for distributing our fact checks online
Partnerships with internet platforms are vital for fact checkers to tackle misinformation at a global scale.
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Full Fact launches a WhatsApp fact checking service in the UK
We’re partnering with WhatsApp to tackle false and harmful content on the platform.
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10 years of your support
It's ten years since Full Fact began. In that time, Full Fact’s supporters have donated their time, money and skills to defending good, impartial information in the UK. We look …
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Building a model for collaborating to combat misinformation crises
Full Fact is bringing together experts from different misinformation-related backgrounds to create a new collaborative approach to combating misinformation crises
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Full Fact welcomes consultation to update our outdated election laws
Voters should know who is targeting them online and who is paying for it.
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Full Fact calls on the Prime Minister to correct the record on poverty
The public relies on political leaders to get their facts right when debating society’s big questions - and they must correct the record if they get it wrong.
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How we’re using AI to scale up global fact checking
Full Fact is using technology to increase the speed, reach and impact of its fact checking. We are developing AI tools to help highly trained fact checkers to be more …
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Full Fact fights bad information
Bad information ruins lives. It promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy. You deserve better.