Rachael Krishna

Fact Checker (former)

Rachael joined Full Fact in April 2019, having previously worked as a reporter for BuzzFeed News. She worked with the fact-checking team, and has experience and interest in online misinformation and social media.

16 June 2020

Health

The Covid-19 track and trace app has not been automatically downloaded onto people’s phones

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

“COVID-19 exposure notifications” is not an app—it is an API that can work with tracing apps if they are downloaded. Read

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16 June 2020

Health

What did lockdown rules say when these Labour MPs are claimed to have broken them?

By Rachael Krishna • 3 mins

These Labour MPs have either apologised for or defended their actions during lockdown. Read

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15 June 2020

There were no stabbings reported at protests in London over the weekend

By Rachael Krishna • 1 min

The Met police have confirmed no stabbings happened at the protests. Read

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10 June 2020

Half of these images of injured police officers are not from recent Black Lives Matter protests

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

The images include photos from a pro-Tommy Robinson protest, a far-right protest, and one against David Cameron. Read

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10 June 2020

This person isn’t the one from viral footage of someone trying to burn the Cenotaph’s Union Jack

By Rachael Krishna • 1 min

They are two different people. Read

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10 June 2020

Some of these figures comparing the cost of the government job retention scheme to other government spending are wrong.

By Rachael Krishna • 3 mins

The furlough scheme is estimated to cost £14 billion per month. Read

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3 June 2020

Chris Whitty did not personally receive millions of pounds from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

The money was given to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where Chris Whitty worked. Read

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2 June 2020

This is how you can verify you are actually being contacted by the government’s Test and Trace service

By Rachael Krishna • 3 mins

Tracers will not ask for personal information such as financial details or online logins. Read

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28 May 2020

Patent application 060606 does not mention inserting microchips into the body

By Rachael Krishna • 1 min

This patent application appears to be for some sort of wearable activity tracker. Read

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27 May 2020

Health

50 French schools have closed due to coronavirus cases, but it is likely these infections happened before schools reopened

By Rachael Krishna • 2 mins

It is still too early to know the effect of school openings will have on coronavirus cases in France. Read

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