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🚨 New job alert! 🚨 🎥 We’re recruiting for a Video Producer to craft engaging video content for our website and social media channels. If you share Full Fact's commitment for tackling misinformation, are passionate about video storytelling and love making complex topics clear, accessible and engaging then this could be the role for you.

🌎 With over 70 countries going to the polls this year, fact checkers worldwide faced quite the challenge: countering misinformation in the biggest election year in human history. This year 45 fact checking organisations in 26 countries have used our tools in three languages to scale their work and impact. Fifteen of them are based in Africa and seven of those used Full Fact AI to monitor elections. From live fact checking support in South Africa to flagging recycled falsehoods in Ghana, our AI is empowering fact checkers to focus on what they do best: verifying information, sharing accurate findings with affected communities and holding public figures accountable. 🔎 Our new blog from Kate Wilkinson: https://lnkd.in/eDMuxDA3 #AI #factchecking #fightmisinformation

Last week Keir Starmer claimed under Labour there’d been 9,400 returns of people with no right to be in the UK, and that’s up 30% on last year. But there doesn’t appear to be published data to back the second part of his claim up, so we can’t verify it.

Thanks to everyone who donated during this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge🎄🤍 Because of your support we raised £64,010 - £10 over our target of £64,000! We're so grateful 🙏

🚨 New job alert 🚨 We're recruiting for a Policy Manager to lead on our work combatting misinformation. If you want to work on shaping and advocating for Full Fact’s policy positions and achieving real-world change, this is the role for you.

"There’s a real risk that policy changes and public opinion could be informed by inaccurate interpretation of figures that might be lacking sufficient quality." Why uncertainty about immigration stats is proving challenging for public understanding. ✍️ Our new blog: https://lnkd.in/etzTNWDY

Events in Romania show why the UK needs an independent Critical Election Incident Public Protocol to inform the public of threats to free and fair elections. Decisions on election warnings shouldn’t rest with tech companies in other jurisdictions. https://lnkd.in/e8DF4Nkc 📸 Mihai Barbu/AFP

I’m in Jordan this week attending the 17th ARIJ Forum. Fatima Bani Ahmad and I will be presenting this morning on the rollout of Full Fact’s AI fact checking tools in Arabic to 25 organisations. Please say hello!

Earlier today, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer set out a series of pledges in a major speech unveiling the government’s “Plan for Change”. We’ve got all the details on what was announced - and how our Government Tracker will monitor progress - here 👇