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Claim: The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass. (Newton Emerson, 2021-02-20)
Evidence (2021-02-12): The last canvass took place in Northern Ireland, external in 2013. [...] The canvass is legally required by the UK government, but Mr Maskey described it as "organised voter suppression" by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO). [...] Unlike in Great Britain, Northern Ireland does not have an annual canvass process and Westminster sources said 2021 must be a canvass year.
Claim: The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass. (Newton Emerson, 2021-02-20)
Evidence (2021-10-21): The electoral canvass ensures that the register for Northern Ireland is kept up to date. [...] Across Northern Ireland, 85 per cent of people have so far responded to the canvass. [...] "The canvass is an opportunity to confirm your details on the register are accurate," he said.
Claim: The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass. (Newton Emerson, 2021-02-20)
Evidence (2021-07-01): PEOPLE living in the North of Ireland are being urged to register to vote in order to be eligible for future elections. The Electoral Office is required by law to conduct a canvass in order to create a new register, starting from today (July 1). A leaflet providing information on how to register will be sent to all households this month. [...] For more on the new electoral register, visit the Electoral Office NI website here.
Claim: The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass. (Newton Emerson, 2021-02-20)
Evidence (2024-05-22): Northern Ireland is bracing for another round of voting on July 4 as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election. [...] Despite retaining its 18 constituencies, Northern Ireland has seen alterations to their geographical areas and South Belfast has been rebranded as South Belfast and Mid Down.
Claim: The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass. (Newton Emerson, 2021-02-20)
Evidence (2024-09-05): In Northern Ireland, there is no annual canvass, and instead people register individually at any time during the year. Applicants must supply their National Insurance number or, if they do not have one, make a declaration to that effect. Proof of identity, address, three months' residency in NI and date of birth must also be included with applications,[33] which are submitted by post to the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. [...] - 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election - 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election - 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election - 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election - 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election - 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election - 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election [...] - ^ "Electoral Commission: Managing the 2012 canvass in England and Wales (excluding London)" (PDF).
Claim: The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass. (Newton Emerson, 2021-02-20)
Evidence (2021-01-05): Source: Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland – Electoral Office for Northern Ireland [...] By law the register of electors is checked each year by sending a household enquiry form to every household in the council area. This is known as the annual canvass. The purpose of the canvass is to identify everyone who should be on the electoral register. This means identifying citizens who should be registered but are currently not, as well as identifying electors who are no longer at a property and should therefore be removed from the register. A revised version of the electoral register must be published by 1 December, following the conclusion of the annual canvass. [...] Electoral statistics usually refer to a 1 December reference date each year. Providing electoral statistics for this date allows for the completion of the annual canvass by electoral registration officers each autumn. The annual canvass helps to keep electoral registers as accurate and as complete as possible. In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the UK government amended the final date for the 2020 registers to be published, extending it from 1 December 2020 to February 2021. This allows local authority staff more time to complete their canvassing and maintain the accuracy of their registers, in light of practical consequences such as redeployed resourcing and social distancing.
Claim: The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass. (Newton Emerson, 2021-02-20)
Evidence (2024-04-17): HB2023 land divisions; disclosure affidavit; recording [...] HB2313 adult incarceration contracts; services; costs [...] SCR1023 general election day; all offices
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2019-07-30): FactCheckNI is another UK member of Facebook’s third party fact checking programme. The Guardian promptly corrected its article.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-07-30): - Full Fact is a very well-sourced, thorough fact-checker. We consider them to be a top fact-checker in the genre, with the likes of Politifact and Factcheck.org. MBFC endorses Full Fact as a highly credible fact-checker [...] Founded in 2009, Full Fact is an independent fact-checking organization based in the UK which aims to "promote accuracy in public debate". [...] In review, Full Fact is a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). They do not use loaded words in their fact checks and always source properly. A factual search reveals they have not failed a fact check and are, in fact, a certified fact-checker.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2019-12-04): The development of automated fact-checking, for instance, made possible by natural language processing, presents a test case for how well algorithms can vet information—a task some journalists have been uneasy about handing over. Full Fact, based in the United Kingdom, has entered that arena. "We have seen three distinct waves of fact-checking," Tom Phillips, the editor of Full Fact, explains. "The first was about claim review and just making the process of fact-checking transparent. The next phase was for fact-checking seeking accountability and actively pursuing corrections and retractions. The third wave is to make that work at ‘internet scale,’ which means really being a force multiplier for human expertise."
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-01-16): A second challenge is one of scale. Since fact-checkers around the world started contributing to a database of checks operated by Google, known as Claim Review, they had, as of late September 2023, verified almost 300,000 true and false claims. That’s an impressive number, but tiny in comparison with the scale of the problem — which may, of course, be worsened by AI. Groups such as U.K. fact-checking charity Full Fact are developing AI to help spot false claims and boost the reach of fact-checks. [...] Many operations take a direct approach, contacting media outlets or political campaigns to ask them to correct the record. And in many countries, fact-checkers intervene at a structural level to promote a culture of accuracy in key institutions. British lawmakers last month voted to change House of Commons rules on correcting the official record, following a campaign by the fact-checkers Full Fact. In some regions, fact-checkers work with statistical agencies, advocate for open government, operate broad coalitions against misinformation and run media literacy programs. In the Arabic-language world, the Jordan-based Arab Fact-Checkers Network trains media in in-house fact-checking, to reduce the spread of false information prior to publication. In Europe, the European Fact-Checking Standards Network, has a team who work on public policy — something not possible in many parts of the world.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-01-01): If you’re interested in developing your fact checking skills, Full Fact Training offers training in fact checking as well as analysing and communicating data. [...] The Meta Third Party Fact Checking programme Meta, the company which owns Facebook and Instagram, works with independent fact checkers around the world to fact check content that the company thinks might be misleading and harmful. We’ve published a separate explanation of how that programme works.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-04-08): UK vulnerable to misinformation, fact-checking charity warns Full Fact’s annual report says the UK is ill-equipped to tackle misleading content. [...] The UK is highly vulnerable to misinformation and is currently not properly equipped to combat it, the annual report from fact-checking charity Full Fact says.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2021-05-26): We spoke to News Associates graduates Sarah Turnnidge and Abbas Panjwani, who now work for Full Fact, the UK’s leading fact-checking charity. [...] — Full Fact (@FullFact) April 20, 2021 [...] Full Fact – The UK’s leading fact-checking charity exposes false information and provides specific techniques to identify misleading images, video, survey data and crime figures.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-09-04): We’ve fact checked a number of the claims made—about the state of the public finances, support available for pensioners following changes to the Winter Fuel Payment, the number of working days lost to strikes, the UK’s economic growth and more.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-01-19): On numbers alone, the picture is more complex than was presented. Africa Check, the first fact-checking organization in Africa, has grown from a team of two in 2012 to a staff of 40 with offices in four countries today. [...] That is an impressive number but tiny by comparison with the scale of the problem, which may, of course, be worsened by AI. Groups such as UK fact-checking charity Full Fact are developing AI to help spot false claims and boost the reach of fact-checks. [...] British lawmakers last month voted to change House of Commons rules on correcting the official record, following a campaign by the fact-checkers Full Fact.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Full Fact fights bad information We’re a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm it does. [...] Every donation will help us stop the spread of bad information.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2021-11-24): Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking organisation, or at least, that’s what it says when you go to their website. The team who frequently appear on Radio 4 and TalkRADIO are looking for a new editor who will be paid a starting salary between £50,000 and £65,000. This is far more than most journalists make so it’s not unreasonable to ask how this self-appointed truth-teller receives its funding. Full Fact’s website reports that they were paid £1.1 million by Facebook and £206,500 by Google in 2019, plus a monthly payment of £7,300 worth of free advertising by the search giant. The funding by big-tech in 2019 makes up roughly 70% of their declared funding for the year. The editorial team say donations or payments for their services, which include automated fact-checking for Google, in no way compromise their editorial impartiality. [...] Full Fact is a charity with a small output of research compared to its size, funded primarily by big-tech and staffed to a large extent by former public sector workers or ex-reporters from left-wing media. There is no problem with any of this, but broadcasters should be wary of treating the nation’s self-appointed "independent fact checker" as an entirely unbiased source. It’s an odd state of affairs when an organisation could escape scrutiny merely by changing its name. Full Fact itself complained to Twitter when the Conservative Party tried this trick during an election debate. Are we letting them pull off the exact same grift?
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2019-01-11): Facebook started partnering with third-party fact-checkers in December 2016, in the wake of the US elections which saw disinformation widely strewn across the platform. Now Full Fact's team of six fact-checkers – who will work on Facebook alongside their other responsibilities – will be able to review stories, images and videos posted on Facebook and rate them as true, false or a blend of fact and inaccuracy. [...] It will be up to Full Fact, though, to choose what particular posts to assess, as Facebook will have no say on either what claims Full Fact reviews or the content of its fact-checks. "Factchecking is slow, careful work — so realistically we're not going to be able to factcheck everything that appears on Facebook," Bamber explains. [...] This project will be funded by Facebook as part of the firm's third-party factchecking initiative. The funding, Bamber confirmed, will be dependent on how many pieces of content Full Fact checks. Facebook and Full Fact had previously collaborated on a one-off project in 2017, when Full Fact produced a decalogue of tips to spot "fake news" Facebook subsequently promoted on users’ newsfeeds.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2018-11-12): It is when the clarion voice of House of Commons Speaker John Bercow calls "Jeremy Corbyn", that Full Fact swings into action. It is midday on a Wednesday in late March, and in the fact-checking charity’s office in central London, all eyeballs are on two TVs showing Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). Since its inception in 2010, Full Fact has been parsing claims from British politicians and media, cross-referencing them with reliable data and labelling them as inaccurate or correct. Claims are picked from sources including TV programmes such as Question Time or Newsnight, newspapers, electoral materials, and PMQs, which Full Fact probes before posting results in real time on Twitter. [...] Full Fact’s love for corrections sets it apart from many other fact-checking groups. Most organisations just publish their fact-checks, naming and shaming the person who made the claim. Full Fact takes the extra step of requesting official corrections. Politicians, including former Prime Minister David Cameron, have rectified their statements after Full Fact called them out. And Moy says that Full Fact’s dedication has helped change how newspapers make corrections.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2023-09-14): The new chief executive of fact-checking charity Full Fact says he wants to attract more funding by boosting its public profile. [...] His role, as such, "is to be the public face" of Full Fact alongside a "great senior management team", ensuring they "are prominent enough in what we know is a real battle out there to ensure that people have access to good information… "Yes, we are branded as the UK’s only independent fact-checking charity, but we do quite a lot more than fact-checking." [...] Citing the fact checks Full Fact is paid to provide to Facebook, he said that "some of them are things which you might think: ‘Well, that’s obviously not true.’ "But if it’s spreading anyway via Facebook groups and by Whatsapp group… I think it’s important not to think: ‘Oh that’s too obvious to fact check’… It is amazing how stuff will spread if it isn’t stopped."
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Full Fact fights for the right information to reach the people who need it most, whether that’s individuals making decisions about their health or who to vote for; or politicians debating the future of our country. [...] Full Fact is a registered charity. We’re transparent about our funding, and it’s thanks to the support of thousands of people and organisations that our work remains independent. Full Fact doesn’t take sides. We were launched by a cross-party group, and our board includes representatives of different political parties and viewpoints.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2023-08-25): The report from Full Fact (via The Guardian), which is an independent, fact-checking charity in the UK, has gathered data and examples picked up over the past year during its studies of online misinformation. Overall, Full Fact found 1,200 examples of hoax posts in Facebook groups during the last 12 months, which it says is likely to be "the tip of the iceberg". [...] You can also run a post's text through a quick check by pasting it into Facebook's search box in the top-left corner, and seeing if it's been used elsewhere with different images. For local groups, Full Fact also says it's worth checking the language to see if it doesn't sound like it's from your region. While Meta has introduced new tools for group admins – like the ones it announced in 2022 that let them automatically approve or decline member requests – and also partnered with 90 independent fact-checking organizations (including Full Fact), there's clearly still an issue with hoax posts. So it's well worth arming yourself with the tips above, and double-checking those posts about missing dogs or serial killers if you're a keen user of Facebook's otherwise handy groups feature.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2019-07-30): Facebook should immediately extend its fact-checking programme to also cover Instagram, according to Full Fact, a journalism charity that was the first UK member of the scheme. [...] Full Fact joined the fact-checking programme in January. The programme gives fact-checking organisations tools to scan Facebook for factual claims and mark them as true or false, and provide a link to a detailed assessment of their veracity. [...] The charity, which is paid by Facebook to provide the fact-checking service, listed nine other recommendations for how Facebook could improve its programme. These include automatically applying previous ratings to new attempts to repost the same claim; adding more options that lie between "true" and "false" for posts that are unsubstantiated, humorous or lacking in context; and being more open about any plans to use the results of human fact-checking to train automated systems to do the same thing.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2022-02-26): FactCheckNI is another UK member of Facebook’s third party fact checking programme. The Guardian promptly corrected its article. [...] The article subheader and first paragraph states that Full Fact is the only UK member of the Facebook programme: [...] We contacted The Guardian to ask for this mistake to be corrected, and the online article text was amended, with the addendum: "This article was amended on 30 July 2019. Full Fact were the first UK member of Facebook’s fact-checking programme, but is not the only such member as an earlier version said." FactCheckNI is grateful for The Guardian’s prompt attention and action.
Claim: The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme. (The Guardian, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Fact-checking, in this report, refers broadly to the issuance of corrective information to debunk a false or misleading claim. A 2020 global survey by Carnegie identified 176 initiatives focused on fact-checking and journalism, while the Duke University Reporters’ Lab counted more than 400 active fact-checking efforts across more than 100 countries in 2023.1 These initiatives come in many different forms. They include dedicated, stand-alone organizations, such as Snopes, as well as fact-checkers integrated into newspapers and TV programs. Some prioritize political claims, like the Washington Post’s "Fact Checker" and the website PolitiFact. Others address health claims, like the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database led by the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute.2 [...] In recent years, some social media companies have highlighted fact-checks on their platforms and used the assessments of fact-checkers to inform other policy actions. For example, Meta’s third-party fact-checking program routes Facebook and Instagram posts that contain potential falsehoods to fact-checkers certified through the International Fact-Checking Network and applies a label if the posts are false or disputed.4 (For more on social media labeling, see case study 4.) Beyond social media, fact-checks can also be disseminated on dedicated websites or during televised political debates, among other possibilities. [...] 4 "About Fact-Checking on Facebook and Instagram," Meta, accessed March 22, 2023, https://www.facebook.com/business/help/2593586717571940?id=673052479947730.