Commentary on the state of misinformation, and news from the Full Fact team.
Politics
Ministers in successive governments have failed to correct errors. A new statistics code could help to end this trend. Here's how. Read
Education
Full Fact co-hosted two events at this year’s party conferences, here is what we learned. Read
Science & Technology
The company has been one of our biggest funders over the last three years, helping us build some of the best AI tools for fact checking in the world. But things have now changed abruptly. Read
Health
Health misinformation today doesn’t come from a shifty snake oil salesman but from sources wrapped in confidence and intimacy: a president at a podium, a celebrity doctor on a podcast, or a wellness influencer who has been on our phones for years. Read
Health
Politicians, the media and the public should now be better informed about what the suicide data really shows. Read
Culture & Society
Over the weekend, an episode of Have I Got News for You was temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made a factual error... Read
Politics
Wembley lasagne, swans and AI fakes, just another day as a fact checker. Chris Morris (no, not that one) took r/ukpolitics inside the fight against bad information, the need for good stats and keeping an eye on government promises. Read
Politics
Labour’s lagging in the polls and many claim it’s failed to deliver what it promised. Our analysis of manifesto pledges paints a less clear-cut picture, but the government needs to do more to give us the information to judge. Read
Science & Technology
Google Search is misrepresenting our fact checks, showing incorrect information to millions. Read
World
Footage of veiled women was being shared with claims it was filmed in London. We delve into how we tracked down the real location in Indonesia. Read
