1/ Facts—and the institutions that verify and communicate them—are under intense pressure in the UK. Our latest report finds the information environment is structurally weakening, putting democracy at risk.

Full Fact Report 2026 – Full Fact

This report assesses the precarious state of the UK’s information environment, focusing on growing uncertainty about what to trust and the serious impact this is having on democracy.

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If politicians are serious about restoring trust in our democracy, we deserve more than dodgy election leaflets with unreliable and misleading data. @fullfact.org’s investigation for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Voters contend with ‘grotesque’ leaflets and ‘dodgy’ data in English elections

Exclusive: Investigation into campaigning materials for local polls in May challenges tactical voting claims

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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-...

Meningitis B: your questions answered – Full Fact

We answer questions from Full Fact readers, including why everyone doesn’t get the vaccine, and how long protection from the vaccine lasts.

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

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The Big Give Christmas Challenge is now live. Anything you give from now until 9th December will be doubled 🫶 Make sure your donation has double the impact: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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...

Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme? – Full Fact

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.

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

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🚨ICYMI🚨 Are the fact-checkers losing? @morrischris.bsky.social, Chief Executive of the independent investigative charity Full Fact, talks to Andrew Harrison about the crisis of truth in news and how A.I. is making it worse. Listen now 👉 play.megaphone.fm/gju9x_etss6h...

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.

Revealed: how fake stories about government plans to curb personal freedoms have spread across social media – Full Fact

TikTok has banned 14 accounts after a Full Fact investigation found false claims about government restrictions have been shared across different social media platforms more than 300,000 times.

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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 👇

Google Lens’s AI overviews shared misleading information about images – Full Fact

The visual search tool failed to identify certain images as inauthentic and shared incorrect information about what some images show.

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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...

Mis(sing) information: The impact of disappearing archives and data sources – Full Fact

Discover how digital decay and disappearing archives weaken public scrutiny and fuel misinformation.

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

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Google has announced that it is de-prioritising fact checks. This means reliable fact checks from credible organisations might get buried deeper in your search results. Our blog on this: fullfact.org/technology/t...

A valuable reminder of the harmful consequences of online misinformation.

Full Fact@fullfact.org · last yr.

He thought he was making the right choice. He wasn’t. John’s story, told by a cardiologist, exposes the real-life harm health misinformation can cause. When facts are ignored, lives can be put at risk.

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

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An image of severely damaged planes has been shared online with claims it shows Tel Aviv’s airport after being attacked by Iran. But this picture isn’t real. It’s a screenshot of a video that has likely been created with artificial intelligence. buff.ly/QjMXYgM

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 👇

2025 Spending Review: fact checked – Full Fact

We’ve taken a look at key claims from the Labour government’s first Spending Review.

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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

Labour say there's been a 'massive increase' in NHS appointments - this begs to differ

Keir Starmer made slashing NHS waiting times one of his priorities, and his Labour government has already claimed it as one of its biggest achievements so far. But new data tells a different story - a...

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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.

Is Reform UK now the government’s ‘main opposition’? – Full Fact

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made that claim after his party picked up the most seats in last week’s local elections. We’ve looked at different ways political parties’ strength can be compared.

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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.

Full Fact responds to Meta’s Community Notes Plan - Full Fact

Today, Meta has published details of their community notes programme. Meta’s proposed system will be rolled out on March 18 and will be based on X’s community notes model.

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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...

An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later - Poynter

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...

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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...

Video Producer - Full Fact

If you’re passionate about video storytelling and love making complex topics clear, accessible and engaging then this could be the role for you.

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🌍 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.

Policy Manager (Misinformation) - Full Fact

We are recruiting for a Policy Manager to lead on our work combatting misinformation.

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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.

Government Tracker - Full Fact

Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises

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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...

Donald Trump’s return sends shivers through the anti-misinformation world

Vow to crack down on the ‘censorship cartel’ has researchers worried — and Big Tech is on notice

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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/