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The Times here, getting my name wrong, but not my thoughts on online information www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

Despite shifting politics and declining support for the industry, Dudfield said the goal hasn’t changed. “We’re fact-checkers. We check facts,”

"It doesn’t display the same transparency but it is asking for the same trust " Grateful for the chance to comment on the difference between Grok and @wikipedia.org in The Guardian today

This is my current go to example of what my job is It appears that Russia is using a poor quality fake of the (fame wise) mid level UK comedian Geoff Norcott to try and destabilise Armenia. Why? How? To be seen by whom? It is a never ending journey

Facts have been checked.

I am putting some vision language models through some tests. So I am now looking for examples of vertical video (insta, tiktok, shorts) where the meaning of the video is implied via mime but not said out loud or via text on screen. Send em my way if you have ideas

It is the hope that gets you. Every time

I really enjoy this Wales as a tube map vibe, but it necessarily does some absolutely wild things to Welsh geography livemap.tfw.wales#/aw_en/mapview

This is *so* very interesting. The kind of media we monitor at @fullfact.org continues to see these kind of patterns and it is not just the most famous people that are being faked at the moment

What support do asylum seekers get in the UK? Some facts

This looks great (though I think now sold out). Sharing because more good things in the world please and also because it is an entire venue I have never heard of metres from my office. London? Hey

Great @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research published today. This on the trust of AI generated search has surprised me. Way higher than I would have assumed. Still striking that billions(?) of people are using search products where less than 50% of people think the first result is good.

Do you know what would be good news for fact checkers? Anyone who fancied going to the @fullfact.org website (the people who wrote the widely used fact check cited by lots of people here) and clicking the donate button. We are a tiny charity and your support helps. fullfact.org/technology/d...

Do you know what would be good news for fact checkers? Anyone who fancied going to the @fullfact.org website (the people who wrote the widely used fact check cited by lots of people here) and clicking the donate button. We are a tiny charity and your support helps. fullfact.org/technology/d...

The first thing we at @fullfact.org always ask people when they see something online is how does it make you feel? If it seems too good to be true, take a moment and consider if you should post it/say it on a prime time panel show fullfact.org/toolkit/

Make facts open, it makes them more facty. We are nudging our @fullfact.org tech work into some old skool transparent working. Cracking post from the team on how we transcribe content below.

Sometimes even we don't totally understand why something is happening online. What do you think is going on here?

What a great idea

Really pleased to see the Beta version of a new Stats Wales launch. Good stuff. stats.gov.wales/en-GB

The internet can still be alright sometimes. Here is how this AMA went down www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

Having a little chat about the small topic of AI and the Future of Knowledge tomorrow, Sep 30th, 5:00 – 5:45 PM (GMT+1) Do pop along online if you might be interested.

The boss is doing a Reddit AMA on all things @fullfact.org today at 17.00 (UK) www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

The Guardian has a $320 facts jumper. It's nice. A neat slogan. I also work for a small charity who believes facts matter and has a donation page you can visit. donate.fullfact.org

For so long we have asked people how does a claim make them feel (if it is too good to be true, it often is) but increasingly we have to ask how does the systematic disruption in the foundations of information make you feel as well.

A reminder that our team at @fullfact.org offers training on media literacy, AI, Fact Checking and combating misinformation. It is good stuff.

We don't *emphasise* very often

"We need an accurate record on issues that are contested" @cward1e.bsky.social writes, but the reality is that "information sources are disappearing. This is preventing fact checkers, journalists, researchers and policymakers from doing their jobs." fullfact.org/technology/m...

Your classic drum and bass bike ride.

I've started writing things on the web a bit more. 3 (three) recent posts how to select what to fact check www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/sp... the brittle rules that makes LLMs seem safe fullfact.org/technology/h... some quick thoughts on the Google AI search www.linkedin.com/pulse/quick-...

I spend a lot of time looking at bad information on the internet. How on earth does anyone decide which bits need fact checking? We've got some thoughts

How do fact-checkers select the claims to check? How should we develop a 'harms-based' approach and defend freedom of speech? Great to work with friend & colleague @mrdudders.bsky.social on this piece for @poynterinstitute.bsky.social Feedback welcome www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/sp...

Community Notes were never going to replace fact checking. It could offer something else, something complementary. So far it does not look like it is offering much. Saying that it is a new system still being tested is simply not good enough when you are Meta. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Quick fire look at how google's new (in the UK) AI search responds to fact checked claims. Some really good, some really not so good things. Claims are linked in each post and a screenshot of responses I was given from google.com/aimode (a thread)

We have gone dark mode for talking about our tech work.

oh no

Looks like an important enquiry. The terms of reference are focused on how can AI affect individual human rights for good or ill, in particular in the areas of: privacy and data usage discrimination and bias effective remedies for violations of human rights?

My whole career is based on the idea of working on web things long enough that I might one day learn how to make something this amazing. A genuine inspiration

Google doing a big promo of its AI search in the UK today. Doesn't actually seem to be available? google.com/aimode

We’re looking for a new colleague at Cardiff University. We want someone to join the school with an established expertise and proven portfolio of research in Media and Communications, krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

We @whotargets.me mainly focus on political/electoral advertising, but the cost to charity fundraising of this move is going to be enormous. The largest, most well-known charities in Europe will lose access to donors and revenue and therefore will deliver less. People will die.

@worklesshard.bsky.social what do you make of this being applied in the UK as well? I can't see any reason it needs to be, but reporting suggests it is?

I wrote somethingfor @fullfact.org about the ways in which the disappearing archive makes their work even harder but more important. I'm a trustee & continue to be amazed at their resiliency in an age of AI slop and attacks against those who investigate accuracy. fullfact.org/technology/m...

My current subscription is £2 a month so I can play my silly little word games. That is quite the uplift my NYT friends.

Hey @archive.org, we think you are pretty cool

A great looking role at IF and a really nicely framed job description that looks like it does a good job of explaining the org culture as well as the role.

Tickets for Open Data Camp 10: Edinburgh are live! Find all the details in our announcement blog post - www.odcamp.uk/open-data-ca... Look forward to seeing everyone in Edinburgh in September. #opendata #odcamp

Is it possible to get transcripts for *everything* on parliament tv? Trying to find the text from the Speaker's Conference (2024) [which confusingly, was today]

Every podcast I listen to has an advert about how secure WhatsApp is. Every other post I see on here is about how Gemini on Android, by default, can access your WhatsApp messages Security and convenience are hard things to explain. Neither is happening with much clarity.