Science & Technology
Former National Cyber Leader and data expert to become Full Fact Chair
Full Fact is delighted to announce the appointment of Sally Walker as the charity’s new Chair. Read
Comment
Science & Technology
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Science & Technology
Censorship, public safety and the limits of free speech in the age of AI
Comment on this week’s news concerning the pitfalls of AI chatbots, and where free speech ends and public safety begins. Read
Comment
Science & Technology
Digital ID: what’s changed?
Reports say the government has dropped plans to require mandatory digital ID to work, yet ministers insist there still will be mandatory digital checks. We look at exactly what has changed. Read
Analysis
Science & Technology
Paper Mills: a new threat to scientific publishing
There's a new problem for publication in research: scientific fraud. Read
Comment
Science & Technology
The government isn’t going to slow the internet at night from November
Claims being shared in videos on social media that from 1 November the government will reduce internet speeds from midnight until 6am are false. Read
Fact check
Science & Technology
Keir Starmer hasn’t just announced mass ‘AI scanner’ surveillance of all UK phones
A video circulating on social media has falsely claimed that your phone’s messages, photos and apps will be viewable at any time under new plans. Read
Fact check
Science & Technology
Google cuts funding to Full Fact...
The company has been one of our biggest funders over the last three years, helping us build some of the best AI tools for fact checking in the world. But things have now changed abruptly. Read
Comment
Science & Technology
A £27 monthly ‘WiFi charge’ is not being introduced in the UK
Contrary to a video being shared on social media, the government is not bringing in the fee for UK residents. Read
Fact check
Culture & Society
BBC’s Have I Got News for You error shows why fact checking matters
Over the weekend, an episode of Have I Got News for You was temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made a factual error... Read
Comment
Science & Technology
Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme?
Multiverse is an “upskilling company”, not a software developer, and both it and the government say there’s no truth to viral claims linking it to the scheme. Read
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