Full Fact to review news content on Facebook as social network launches UK fact-checking service
Facebook has launched a UK arm to its international fact-checking initiative following more than two years of criticism about how…
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Buzzfeed’s Tom Phillips aims to grow Full Fact into ‘all-conquering behemoth of accuracy’ as he is appointed fact-checking charity’s new editor
Independent fact-checking organisation Full Fact has appointed former Buzzfeed editorial director Tom Phillips as its new editor. Phillips starts in…
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Channel 4 News Factcheck team dismisses claims of ‘nefarious media conspiracy’ against Corbyn in lack of peace prize coverage
Channel 4 News’s fact-checking arm has dismissed claims that the “mainstream media” did not report on Jeremy Corbyn winning a…
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Full Fact director says UK law-change needed to underpin Facebook pledge to tackle ‘dark’ political ads
The director of UK fact-checking charity Full Fact has welcomed Facebook’s pledge to increase transparency around political advertising on its…
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Pierre Omidyar and George Soros foundations give $500,000 to UK fact-checking organisation
UK fact-checking organisation Full Fact has received $500,000 (£386,000) from the Omidyar Network and Open Society Foundations to produce two…
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Fake news not yet an issue in general election campaign, says head of fact-checking charity
Fake news seems to be a “relatively limited” problem in the UK general election so far, according to the head…
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