In any critical health incident, reliable information is essential. That’s why @fullfact.org has crowd-sourced questions on meningitis and will be updating this piece in the coming days. Please get in touch with us if you have something you’d like us to check. fullfact.org/health/menb-...

This fight has never been more important. Please give if you can. #FactsMatter

Google has ended its support for Full Fact. Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce. Support independent, impartial fact checking today: donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask?...

🚨✨ Publication alert: How do people in 6 countries (🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 🇩🇰 🇯🇵 ) use AI 🤖 and think about it in the context of information, news, and institutions? Our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey research (n ≈ 12,000) with @richardfletcher.bsky.social & @rasmuskleis.bsky.social explores this.

Absolutely astonished @hignfy.bsky.social just stated that Multiverse will be running the government's digital ID scheme An incredibly basic failure of fact-checking fullfact.org/technology/d...

No they’re not - and Chris makes a strong case for how @fullfact.org is leading from the front on the fight against misinformation.

A Full Fact investigation has found a series of fake stories about the government limiting personal freedoms have been shared more than 300,000 times on social media in recent weeks. TikTok has now banned 14 accounts we identified sharing the claims.

Reading policy updates is an exercise in Kremlinology. For instance, does TikTok's new language on misinformation (R) represent a subtle reduction in the impact of fact-checkers compared to before (L) or merely make it less obviousy to avoid alienating the governing party in the US?

Google Lens’s AI overviews shared misinformation about images from clips we’ve fact checked recently. This includes failing to identify certain images as fake and sharing incorrect claims about the context of the footage. Read more 👇

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...

A big retrograde step from Google and one delivered with precious little transparency. Very disappointing.

A valuable reminder of the harmful consequences of online misinformation.

We’re seeing an exponential rise in manipulated AI content masquerading as genuine footage - particularly around big news events.

We’ve fact checked claims from today’s Spending Review on: 💷 departmental budgets 🧮 fiscal rules 🏥 NHS appointments 🚔 policing …and much more. See our full round-up 👇

It took a freedom of information request to get there but great to see validation of work from @leobenedictus.bsky.social and our @fullfact.org team here: news.sky.com/story/labour... #FactsMatter #FullFact

Today we launch our report on the rising threat of misinformation in the UK—featuring expert essays and a new rating system assessing policy, platforms, and progress in tackling false information online. Read it here: buff.ly/Uz6pzTJ

Is Reform UK now the ‘main opposition’ to the government, as Nigel Farage claimed after his party picked up the most seats at last week’s local elections? We’ve looked at different ways political parties’ strength can be compared.

We’re committed to helping people distinguish between fact and fiction. Please support us in our fight for a better information environment. 🔄 Repost this video 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter: mailchi.mp/fullfact/fac... 🗣️Tell the world why #FactsMatter

Our response to Meta’s announcement that it will begin testing Community Notes in the US from 18 March, and its expectation for the system to be ‘less biased’ than its Third Party Fact Checking Programme.

An important report from our friends Maldita on the impact of fact checkers in X's community notes. (TL;DR—Fact checking organisations are the third most used reference globally when someone proposes a community note on X, only behind X itself and Wikipedia.)

There are real-world consequences to Meta curtailing its fact checking program. Here’s why 👇 www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/an...

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

Recruitment Alert! 📹 We’re looking for a self-starting and talented Video Producer. This is a new role and ideal for someone looking for a first job. Take a look if you share Full Fact’s commitment to fighting misinfo & making complex topics accessible. fullfact.teamtailor.com/jobs/5359685...

🌍 Misinformation is a global issue, but Full Fact has built AI tools to tackle it 💪 Discover how Full Fact AI supported African fact checkers during a critical year of elections: fullfact.org/blog/2024/de...

🚨 New job alert 🚨 Full Fact is recruiting for a Policy Manager to lead on our work combatting misinformation. If you want to work on shaping and advocating for Full Fact’s policy positions and achieving real-world change, this is the role for you.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has just started setting out his ‘Plan for Change’ and new government 'milestones'. We're already tracking the government’s delivery on its manifesto pledges and we’ll update our tracker to reflect what the PM sets out today.

Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats “I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me. www.ft.com/content/bfb4...

We were very pleased to hear from Leader of the House, Lucy Powell MP at our Full Fact parliamentary event this week. Here's an account of what she had to say and of the evening as a whole: fullfact.org/blog/2024/nov/… And, more on our Government Tracker: fullfact.org/blog/2024/nov/ 

We’ve launched a major new Full Fact project today to track the government’s progress in delivering 2024 manifesto pledges. If you have feedback please let us know via the ‘contact us’ form on the Tracker pledges. fullfact.org/government-t...

This excellent @pewresearch.org study of news influencers tells you everything you need to know about the fragmentation of the news ecosystem and the challenges that mainstream organisations have in engaging an under 30s audience. www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/two-...

Interesting to note the big increase in followers to @fullfact.bsky.social in recent days 🤔 www.ibtimes.co.uk/bluesky-new-...