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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 (2019-08-02): Recently, Full Fact, a non-profit partner in Facebook’s project, published an in-depth report on the first six months of its involvement in the program. Overall, the group says, third-party fact-checking is worthwhile, but the report has a number of criticisms to make about the way the project works. For example, Full Fact says, the way Facebook rates misinformation needs to change, because the terminology and categories it applies aren’t granular enough to be useful. Plus, Facebook has so far failed to speed up its flags and responses to fact checks. [...] Full Fact’s critiques are not new. Earlier this year, a number of Facebook’s fact-checking partners told the BBC that they were concerned about having no way to see whether their work was having an effect, and suggested that Facebook didn’t care about the efficacy of the project. "Are we changing minds?" a fact-checker based in Latin America wondered. "Is it having an impact? Is our work being read? I don’t think it is hard to keep track of this. But it’s not a priority for Facebook." Last year, a number of partners seemed deeply cynical about Facebook’s intentions. "They’re not taking anything seriously, Brooke Binkowski, former managing editor of fact-checking site Snopes.com, who now works for a similar site called Truth or Fiction, told The Guardian. "They are more interested in making themselves look good and passing the buck."
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 (2024-01-09): A further defence could come with tools that use AI to identify fakes and false claims more quickly. The UK’s leading fact-checking organisation, Full Fact, has integrated a range of AI techniques to help human fact-checkers with identifying new claims, including from real-time broadcasts, using speech to text transcription, matching these to previous fact-checks, as well as helping to verify or debunk claims.
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 (2024-09-22): - Full Fact: independent fact-checking organization based in the UK which aims to "promote accuracy in public debate", launched in 2009.[149] [...] - ^ "Facebook adds 2 new fact-checking partners". Axios. April 17, 2019. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2020. - ^ Levin, Sam (April 18, 2019). "Facebook teams with rightwing Daily Caller in factchecking program".
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 (2023-06-27): - Brendan Nyhan, "Why the Fact-Checking at Facebook Needs to Be Checked," New York Times, October 23, 2017.
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 (2021-05-27): Joint actions must be well coordinated and have clear objectives, otherwise they can lead to disagreements between players. For example, Facebook’s fact-checking program has sparked skepticism from partner organizations. The criticisms range from the terminology and categories used by the social network to rank disinformation to concerns regarding transparency on the impact of the fact-checking that independent checkers do [129]. Full Fact, an independent partner in Facebook’s project, published a report asking for answers to questions such as "Does the notification stop many people from sharing?" and "What percentage of people who view a post we have rated click on our fact check beneath it?" [130]. The same questions prompted Snopes, a US-based fact-checking agency, to end the partnership with Facebook [131]. [...] Ingram, M. (2019). Facebook’s fact-checking program falls short. The Media Today. https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/facebook-fact-checking.php. Accessed 15 Jan 2021. (2019). Report on the Facebook Third Party Fact Checking programme. Technical report. https://fullfact.org/media/uploads/tpfc-q1q2-2019.pdf.
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’s fact-checking operation is launching in the UK, with the independent charity Full Fact selected to be the first British publisher to review and rate the accuracy of content on the social network. [...] Since its launch in the US, Facebook’s fact-checking programme has received mixed reviews. It has been praised for trying to tackle the spread of misinformation on the platform, and particularly for its decision to give fact-checkers’ findings real weight in its algorithmic promotion. However, it has been criticised for its unwillingness to pay for fact-checking, which relies on users to flag content to third parties, who then check the veracity of factual claims. [...] In the UK, Full Fact will initially be the sole fact-checking partner. Will Moy, the charity’s director, welcomed Facebook’s decision, saying: "Fact-checking can take hours, days or weeks, so nobody has time to properly check everything they see online. But it’s important somebody’s doing it because online misinformation, at its worst, can seriously damage people’s safety or health.
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): Steve leads Full Fact’s editorial team and oversees our day-to-day fact checking work. Prior to joining Full Fact in 2021, he was news and investigations editor at the UK’s biggest consumer website, MoneySavingExpert.com – and before that he was a health journalist, working first as a reporter and then eventually editor of the GP magazine Pulse. [...] Alex joined Full Fact in April 2023 and leads on politics fact checking. Alex previously worked in roles in the UK Parliament providing research and information services, as well as in New Zealand managing a research and evaluation team in a government agency. [...] Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
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 (2020-05-20): The UK’s Full Fact offers a distinctive example of an independent, single-purpose fact-checking outlet positioned as a think tank. Founded in 2010, the organisation investigates claims by both politicians and the news media and is unusual in placing a heavy emphasis on actively seeking corrections. As its mission statement explains, ‘we … push for corrections where necessary, and work with government departments and research institutions to improve the quality and communication of information at source’. The organisation has also provided testimony to government inquiries relating to accuracy in the media. These interventions may count as a narrow kind of campaigning, but its mission requires Full Fact to strictly separate itself from both news outlets and political groups and causes, even forbidding staff from expressing political views. According to director Will Moy, the site relies on some journalists in its fact-checking work but increasingly seeks researchers with domain expertise in the areas they cover.
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 (2024-03-24): The information revolution is gathering pace, and widely available generative AI tools are forcing us to re-examine the rules which govern our information environment, from media literacy to legislation and regulation. AI can be an enormous force for good, and Full Fact has used it to build automated fact checking tools for fact checkers and journalists in more than 20 countries, helping them separate checkable fact from opinion in the torrent of information online. [...] In Full Fact’s day-to-day fact checking we have seen a small, but noticeable, rise in claims we check which are potentially being produced by AI—for example recent checks of an audio clip which purported to be the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer verbally abusing his staff,[116] and another audio clip claiming to be the London mayor Sadiq Khan apparently saying "Remembrance weekend" should be postponed in favour of a pro-Palestinian march.[117] We found no evidence to suggest that either clip was genuine. [...] Full Fact is a recognised leader in AI. Our tools are used by fact checkers around the world to find, check and challenge false claims, with 100,000 potential claims routinely identified each day.[146] In 2019, Full Fact won the international Google.org AI Impact Challenge which supported our work to use machine learning to improve and scale fact checking. It established cooperation with international experts to define how AI could transform this work, and to develop new tools for that purpose.
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 (2020-04-09): At Full Fact, we’ve been researching and writing about 5G conspiracy theories for the past year. In May last year we wrote about an image of a man working on a mobile phone tower wearing protective gear—which almost certainly showed him cleaning it, not installing 5G in a hazmat suit. [...] In our report last year about Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-checking programme, we warned that there was a distinct lack of official guidance properly addressing public concerns about 5G introduction in the UK. The government have acknowledged that 5G misinformation is a problem, but improved public health information about the safety of 5G would have been welcome before the crisis.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2022-03-30): The Ulster Unionist Party manifesto for the 2022 Assembly Election says: “Unfortunately, over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the NI Housing Executive (NIHE) waiting list of whom 30,000 are in ‘housing stress’.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2023-01-30): Changes to the Housing Selection Scheme in Northern Ireland come into effect today. The Housing Selection Scheme and Common Waiting List governs the allocation of all permanent social housing in Northern Ireland. [...] "Customers on the waiting list will receive a letter and information leaflet from us over the coming days however should they wish to speak to someone they can contact their Housing Officer (this may be your Housing Advisor or Patch Manager if you are a Housing Executive tenant or a Housing officer if you are a Housing Association tenant) who will be happy to help."
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2021-02-12): The number of people on social-housing waiting lists in Northern Ireland has risen by a tenth during the pandemic – over three times more quickly than in the preceding 12 months, according to new figures. By December 31st, 2020, the social-housing waiting list stood at 42,665, data released by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) following a freedom-of-information request shows. The waiting list on March 31st, 2020, before the full effects of the Covid-19 pandemic were known, was 38,745 – up 2.3 per cent from March 2019 and the highest number Northern Ireland had seen for years.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-07): A draft housing supply strategy for Northern Ireland will be brought to the Executive very shortly, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said. Mr Lyons also told MLAs that a crisis in infrastructure provision for sewage disposal is currently a "drag on our our ability to have the homes that we need". [...] The minister responded: "It is certainly an issue that we need to tackle, and it is a drag on our ability to have the homes that we need across Northern Ireland.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2024-05-17): The Northern Ireland Housing Executive has sold off 2,040 homes in the past five years, it has been revealed. [...] "Regularly I hear from constituents who have been forced to live with friends or family or in unsuitable conditions because they have no prospect of being allocated a house. With Housing Executive waiting lists at over 46,000 at last count and rents soaring, I cannot understand why we are still selling off our housing stock. "Over the past five years we have seen 2,040 homes removed permanently from our social housing stock and while I understand everyone has the right to a home of their own, I have to question the sense in continuing the Right to Buy scheme at a time when we are crying out for the Housing Executive to be allowed to borrow money and embark on an ambitious house building programme."
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2022-01-01): This information is for people in Northern Ireland applying for social housing. This is the list of everyone waiting for a social tenancy. All registered housing associations in Northern Ireland use the same waiting list. [...] To stay on the list, you must update your application once a year. You should receive a letter asking you to do so. If you do not reply to this letter, the Housing Executive will remove you from the waiting list. It’s important to keep your details up to date. If your needs or situation changes, your points can change as well.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Northern Ireland’s social housing waiting list swells by 5% in one year [...] As of 31 March 2024, there were 47,312 applicants on the social housing waiting list. Of these, 35,464 were in housing stress, meaning they have 30 or more points under the social housing selection scheme. [...] The Social Housing Development Programme, managed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, saw a 23% decrease in starts in 2023-24. Last year, there were 1,508 starts under the programme, down from 1,956 in 2022-23.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2020-03-10): Housing poverty in Northern Ireland - +100 homes built - 21 renovated homes - +30,000 volunteers mobilised for local & international work [...] Housing affordability, empty homes, social exclusion and the legacy of conflict are key issues facing deprived communities and vulnerable people in Northern Ireland. Almost 40,000 people are on the social housing waiting list and more than 92% of social housing remains single identity. In poverty, division is absolute.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2017-09-19): Northern Ireland has three-year housing waiting list - and 926 empty Housing Executive homes [...] More than 16,000 people are homeless in Northern Ireland. The Housing Executive has 37,611 households on its waiting list - 23,694 are deemed to be in housing stress or priority need. [...] A spokesperson said the Housing Executive manages 85,866 homes in Northern Ireland.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2020-06-15): It is important to consider the statistics when placing the housing crisis in context. As at March last year, there were nearly 38,000 applicants in Northern Ireland on the social housing waiting list, of which more than 26,000 were recognised as being in ‘housing stress’, while 12,512 households were accepted as statutorily homeless. With less than a thousand new social homes built in 2018/19, at that rate it would take more than a decade to house just those who are accepted as homeless. It is fair to talk of a housing crisis in Northern Ireland, which is getting worse. What is more, housing stress is connected to broader social problems – it can trigger depression and can be a factor in suicide. It is also related to relationship breakdowns and a range of other social problems. "There are over 15,000 children, under 18s, living in housing stress in these six counties," says Marissa. "That is an awful lot of children growing up in accommodation that is not suitable. It’s overcrowded, in hostels, in single lets. Children have become institutionalised and don’t know any different. I don’t believe that in the 21st Century, in one of the six richest nations, that there should be that many people, including children, living in housing stress. There’s something seriously and fundamentally wrong."
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2023-10-05): Housing shortages in Northern Ireland: The causes, effects and potential solutions [...] There were 45,292 people on the Housing Executive waiting list as of June — more than double the population of Omagh, the largest town in Co Tyrone. Of that number, 32,633 people are in ‘housing stress’ — in other words, in desperate need of a home — and, in 2021-22, 15,758 households presented as homeless.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2023-05-18): NI Housing: Rental viewing 'trickier with so many applicants' [...] Jonathan Quinn runs estate agencies in Banbridge, Ballynahinch and Downpatrick. [...] Away from the private rental sector, over 44,000 people are currently on the waiting list for social housing in Northern Ireland.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Learn MoreMy Housing Executive Customer Portal [...] First Housing Executive homes in 25 years showcase social sector energy efficiency future Minister for Communities, Gordon Lyons, got his first glimpse of Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s new energy efficient homes in Sunningdale Gardens today, 19th September.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2022-02-16): The rent freeze for Northern Ireland Housing Executive properties "must be seen as a good thing", a Belfast tenant says. [...] The Housing Executive manages about 85,000 homes in Northern Ireland. [...] The Housing Executive is a non-departmental public body but it is subject to the overall direction and control of the minister for communities.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-07): In December 2023, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (the Commission) sought leave to issue judicial review proceedings against the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE), in relation to the design and operation of their Housing Selection Scheme (the Scheme), and the Department for Communities (DfC) as the government department responsible for housing in Northern Ireland. [...] The NIHE is a public housing authority in Northern Ireland, which operates the Housing Selection Scheme. The Scheme is a set of rules the NIHE uses when doing an assessment to allocate housing. [...] - North Down and Ards Women’s Aid.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2024-07-22): NIHE - which gets most of its funding from the DfC - said this meant only 400 new social homes would be built in 2024-25 rather than the target of 2,000. [...] Last year, it had hoped to build 2,000 new houses but due to budget constraints, it fell 500 short. [...] "So we’re facing really a 70% cut in the construction of new social homes right across Northern Ireland," Mr Leheny said.
Claim: Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year. (UUP, 2022-03-30)
Evidence (2023-12-18): The Ulster Unionist Party manifesto for the 2022 Assembly Election says: "Unfortunately, over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the NI Housing Executive (NIHE) waiting list of whom 30,000 are in ‘housing stress’. [...] The claim about the number of social or affordable homes being built each year is harder to verify – but ‘around 2,000’ is not a terrible estimate. The Northern Ireland Housing Statistics 2020-21 state that some 43,971 people were on the Northern Ireland Housing Executive waiting list as of 31st March 2021 – and also that, of this cohort, 30,288 applicants are in ‘housing stress’.