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Trump’s ‘anti-censorship’ drive linked to rise in misinformation in the UK

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The Independent UK · May 11, 2025

Warning Trump’s anti-censorship drive is fuelling misinformation crisis in UK

Exclusive: Shift in politics has prompted media platforms to backpedal on the handling of harmful online information, charity claims

The Independent UK · May 11, 2025

Fact check: US trade deal and Indian air strikes

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

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Fact check: Reform UK’s NHS policy and Labour’s free breakfast clubs pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Fact check: Reform UK’s council election claim, Pope Francis and St George’s Day

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025

Fact check: Pension spending, ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge and viral Gaza claim

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2025

Fact check: ‘Deportation’ stats, Netflix’s Adolescence and an airport in Pakistan

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

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Fact check: How many schools ban mobile phones?

With phones in schools under the spotlight following the Netflix drama Adolescence and an exchange at PMQs, Full Fact looks at what the data tells us.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025

Fact check: Interest rates, council tax and a portrait of Angela Rayner

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2025

Fact check: ‘Welfare bill’ cost and tracking Labour’s pledges

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025

Fact check: Hoax posts about killers and stabbings in local Facebook groups

Full Fact looks at the problem of bogus warnings and appeals being shared on the social media platform.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

Fact check: Minister’s growth claim, NHS appointments and the size of the Army

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Fact check: Trump and Starmer’s White House talks

Full Fact looks at three claims from the Prime Minister’s meeting this week with the US president in Washington.

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025

Fact check: Ukraine elections, tax thresholds and viral masked men image

Roundup of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025

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Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025

Fact check: Ukraine aid, immigration figures and growth projections

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

Fact check: Are this year’s local elections being ‘cancelled’?

Full Fact looks at a number of claims about the postponement of some council elections which had been due to take place in May.

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Fact check: New runways, growth projections and Taylor Swift clip

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Fact check: Five claims from Donald Trump’s inauguration

Full Fact looks at claims made by the new US president in inauguration day speeches.

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Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025

Fact check: Russian casualties, economic growth and potholes pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025

Fact check: How many children have been the victims of grooming gangs?

Full Fact has found a widely-shared estimate that a million children have been victims is not reliable, but the true total remains unclear.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025

‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role

Mark Zuckerberg accused fact-checkers in US of making biased decisions

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025

Meta criticised over ‘chilling’ content moderation changes

The social media giant has announced it is ending third-party fact-checking and loosening its content moderation systems.

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024

Fact check: Misleading Google search results on UK asylum seeker crime rate

Full Fact has seen what appear to be screenshots of Google results on this topic shared on social media in recent months.

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024

Fact check: Migrant returns, smoking stats and AI ‘Syria’ image

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024

Fact check: Living standards pledge, National Insurance and plane crash image

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