Full Fact to recruit a new chief executive
Independent fact checking charity Full Fact will appoint a new chief executive in 2023. Read
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Will Moy
Chief Executive (former)
Will gave the Royal Statistical Society’s Beveridge Lecture Other Truths Are Available in 2018, co-authored The State of Automated Factchecking with Mevan Babakar in 2016, and regularly appears in the media and at events to discuss Full Fact’s work. Will has served on advisory groups for the ESRC, Ofcom, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Treasury, and regularly gives evidence to select committees and other inquiries. He has advised the ONS on a communications review and he was a Marketing Academy Scholar in 2018. He volunteers as a trainer on the NCVO’s Certificate in Campaigning for charities. Before Full Fact, Will worked in the House of Lords for non-party affiliated peer Lord Low of Dalston and for the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Transport Safety. He previously worked briefly in tech.
Outdated parliamentary processes should never hamper politicians from acting honestly
Full Fact invited by MPs to give evidence on Parliament's broken corrections system. Read
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Will the next Prime Minister rebuild trust in politics? Not from what we’ve seen
It's not enough to simply say honesty matters. Our leaders need to earn our trust. Read
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Ukraine disinformation
Disinformation will be part of the war in Ukraine. It's vital that we keep trying to build a more open and accountable democracy in the UK. Read
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Claims on ‘Colston Four’ case leave out key questions the jury had to answer
Claims that what the four defendants admitted to did legally amount to criminal damage omit key parts of the definition of the offence. Read
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Health
Viral video makes incorrect claims about teenagers and vaccine consent
A 2020 court case, known as Bell vs Tavistock, doesn’t mean it’s illegal to vaccinate teenagers without parental consent or a court order Read
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Government communications should serve the public
Important issues deserve proper scrutiny—not evasive PR campaigns Read
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“Article 42” of Magna Carta only existed for a short time
It appeared in the original 1215 version of the document, but this was quickly overturned. Read
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Online harms: we welcome the government’s commitment to freedom of expression, but more action is needed on bad information
Bad information ruins lives. Today’s response from the government about their online harms proposals recognises this threat, but there isn’t enough concrete action on how to tackle it. Read
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The government must stick to its pledge to increase online political campaign transparency
The government must not lose focus on the importance of reforming dangerously outdated electoral laws, as it pushes ahead with the rest of its legislative agenda. Read
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