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Andy Dudfield
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Tech things @FullFact.org
Long term fan of the web
This line is going to keep on going up and to the right and we should all be pretty worried for that means for how we build trust in anything published online

edmo.eu/publications...
January 19, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The tour de france is coming to Wales. It is coming to *Cardiff*

Hold me.
Host locations confirmed for 2027 Tour de France & Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Grand Départs
The start and finish locations for the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift have been unveiled, marking the next major milestone on the road to the historic Grand Départs, which wi...
www.britishcycling.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Happy 25th birthday Wikipedia, you beautiful thing.

store.wikimedia.org/products/car...
January 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Little act of joy in a pretty dark January. I have booked a ticket to Interesting
Interesting 2026
Short talks about interesting things.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Would love to see some fact checkers featuring here.
Tentative topics for the upcoming Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
It is me! Andy Dudfield from @fullfact.org , talking about AI. Register to hear what I and others have to say about this.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We scored a goal

(Humbling, but incredibly fun afternoon out)
January 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I'm too out on the loop on gov stuff to know anything about the vibes, but Head of Product for data.gov.uk should be an absolutely fantastic job.

Open the data, save the world (and AI) stuff

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
Quick Check Needed
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by Andy Dudfield
To avoid the appearance of click bait …I think they are THREATS but would be very pleased to be proven wrong. Happy to hear countervailing arguments
January 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Andy Dudfield
As flagged by @fullfact.org, there's an ENTIRELY AI-GENERATED video of a fake UK politician in the House of Commons doing the rounds on TikTok

It has more than 5 million views

While the original video is flagged as AI, it has been reposted by many other accounts (where it is not labelled as AI)
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I'm part of the news cycle now?

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
January 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
A nice thing happened that gave me a chance to crowbar in the my bloody factsentine pun in that's never made it to @fullfact.org main
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Wikipedia, incredible as ever at a breaking news moment. Just slowing things down a touch and acknowledging why.

Also, that might be the longest controversy section I have ever seen
Nicolás Maduro - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
January 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Teams on Only Connect who let someone other than the captain choose the next question should be banned.
a man wearing sunglasses holds a credit card and says " mmmmm "
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses holds a credit card and says " mmmmm "
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Visited East Devons newest attraction
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So great to see this happening
We've come out of this with a set of facts about what's technically possible, and a set of questions that informs the next step of our Welsh Government-funded democratic engagement project to improve WriteToThem www.mysociety.org/2025/09/15/s...
Supporting democratic engagement in Wales
A Welsh government grant is supporting new work on WriteToThem.
www.mysociety.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So we now have BBC Verify, AP Verify and AFP WeVerify doing similar but different things.

Naming things is hard
December 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The idea that my working for a Fact Checker is somehow a radical move is still not something I have gotten used to, but increasingly it is seen that way. Good stuff from James here.
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Civic tech gang. Anyone doing anything interesting around the Scottish and Welsh elections next year? Wanna chat?
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This feels significant
🏆 WELL WELL WELL! 🤤

City will head to face Man City in the @emiratesfacup.bsky.social third round!

The tie is due to be played the weekend of January 10, more details to follow!

#ECFC #SemperFidelis
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is good stuff. Based on my own experience building these kinds of things at Full Fact I would suggest that an almost naive conflation of multiple social media sources (and reddit) are now more likely challenges than old fashion ungrounded hallucinations
When I talk about using LLMs to fact-check, many people reply "Me, I'd rather consult a fact-checker" I think I mostly agree, but the *best* option is to consult a fact-checker who **knows how to use AI**
We're not taking the fact-checking powers of AI seriously enough. It's past time to start.
Some notes on the Grokipedia error that wasn't
mikecaulfield.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We've been tracking this one for a while. Great write up of a recent @fullfact.org deep dive
AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media
Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by Andy Dudfield
Redditors: get your questions in nice and early!

We're doing an AMA on r/ukpolitics, and we're happy to answer whatever's on your mind about TheyWorkForYou: www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics... #politics #TheyWorkForYou #UKpolitics #parliament #civictech
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
day 1 at @fullfact.org v day 2372 (today)

Please consider making a donation to our funding campaign if you are able. Your money will be doubled if you do so this week and I am so very very tired

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM