Peter Cunliffe-Jones
@pcunliffejones.bsky.social
Information effects at Facts Matter Research | visiting researcher at Uni Westminster | founder africacheck.org | new book: “Fake news - what’s the harm?” available in print or as free e-book https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/3197xq21t?locale=en
10 years ago I came to Dakar and recruited @fr.africacheck.org’s first editor, Assane Diagne, the first factchecker in Francophone Africa.
This week I joined 200 others in Dakar at the fourth #AfricaFactsSummit.
There are many challenges at the moment. The work of this community is reason for hope
This week I joined 200 others in Dakar at the fourth #AfricaFactsSummit.
There are many challenges at the moment. The work of this community is reason for hope
October 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
10 years ago I came to Dakar and recruited @fr.africacheck.org’s first editor, Assane Diagne, the first factchecker in Francophone Africa.
This week I joined 200 others in Dakar at the fourth #AfricaFactsSummit.
There are many challenges at the moment. The work of this community is reason for hope
This week I joined 200 others in Dakar at the fourth #AfricaFactsSummit.
There are many challenges at the moment. The work of this community is reason for hope
Some politicians care about facts. Others, not so much
A Royal Parks spokesperson: “We’ve not had any incidents reported to us of people killing or eating swans".
Farage: "Migrants are eating the swans"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
A Royal Parks spokesperson: “We’ve not had any incidents reported to us of people killing or eating swans".
Farage: "Migrants are eating the swans"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Some politicians care about facts. Others, not so much
A Royal Parks spokesperson: “We’ve not had any incidents reported to us of people killing or eating swans".
Farage: "Migrants are eating the swans"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
A Royal Parks spokesperson: “We’ve not had any incidents reported to us of people killing or eating swans".
Farage: "Migrants are eating the swans"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
July 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Little better than to be recognised by your peers, no?
11 years ago, in London, I took part in the first Global Fact-Checking Summit.
Last week in Rio, at #GlobalFact12, I was honoured for ‘outstanding service’ to the fact-checking community worldwide. Couldn’t be more grateful for the journey.
11 years ago, in London, I took part in the first Global Fact-Checking Summit.
Last week in Rio, at #GlobalFact12, I was honoured for ‘outstanding service’ to the fact-checking community worldwide. Couldn’t be more grateful for the journey.
July 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Little better than to be recognised by your peers, no?
11 years ago, in London, I took part in the first Global Fact-Checking Summit.
Last week in Rio, at #GlobalFact12, I was honoured for ‘outstanding service’ to the fact-checking community worldwide. Couldn’t be more grateful for the journey.
11 years ago, in London, I took part in the first Global Fact-Checking Summit.
Last week in Rio, at #GlobalFact12, I was honoured for ‘outstanding service’ to the fact-checking community worldwide. Couldn’t be more grateful for the journey.
Huge thanks to @morrischris.bsky.social and all the friends and colleagues who came out on a (rare) sweltering night in London for the launch of my new book 📚 👇🏻
June 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Huge thanks to @morrischris.bsky.social and all the friends and colleagues who came out on a (rare) sweltering night in London for the launch of my new book 📚 👇🏻
My son was born in Hong Kong and I am a lifelong Liverpool supporter.
It really would take a heart of stone not to laugh…
It really would take a heart of stone not to laugh…
May 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My son was born in Hong Kong and I am a lifelong Liverpool supporter.
It really would take a heart of stone not to laugh…
It really would take a heart of stone not to laugh…
After what happened in 2024, good to see the police have learned a lesson; in incidents like the one in Liverpool yesterday, you counter the risks posed by mis/disinformation by providing accurate information as rapidly as possible.
May 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
After what happened in 2024, good to see the police have learned a lesson; in incidents like the one in Liverpool yesterday, you counter the risks posed by mis/disinformation by providing accurate information as rapidly as possible.
As UK fact-checker @fullfact.org argues today, 2025 is "a moment of crisis" for anyone who cares about facts.
True in the UK & around the world. And I would add, a crisis for anyone affected when key life-changing decisions are made based, at least in part, on factually false claims. 1/4
True in the UK & around the world. And I would add, a crisis for anyone affected when key life-changing decisions are made based, at least in part, on factually false claims. 1/4
May 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As UK fact-checker @fullfact.org argues today, 2025 is "a moment of crisis" for anyone who cares about facts.
True in the UK & around the world. And I would add, a crisis for anyone affected when key life-changing decisions are made based, at least in part, on factually false claims. 1/4
True in the UK & around the world. And I would add, a crisis for anyone affected when key life-changing decisions are made based, at least in part, on factually false claims. 1/4
and, also, the board is "in discussions with Meta, ready to accept a policy advisory opinion referral, to help shape the company’s approach to fact-checking in regions outside the United States". 👀
April 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
and, also, the board is "in discussions with Meta, ready to accept a policy advisory opinion referral, to help shape the company’s approach to fact-checking in regions outside the United States". 👀
“We assumed that because we are standing on that hill, clearly identified as journalists, documenting what was happening, we assumed we were safe”
AFP photojournalist Christina Assi tells @philchet.bsky.social about the Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah & took her leg in October 2023 #IJF
AFP photojournalist Christina Assi tells @philchet.bsky.social about the Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah & took her leg in October 2023 #IJF
April 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“We assumed that because we are standing on that hill, clearly identified as journalists, documenting what was happening, we assumed we were safe”
AFP photojournalist Christina Assi tells @philchet.bsky.social about the Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah & took her leg in October 2023 #IJF
AFP photojournalist Christina Assi tells @philchet.bsky.social about the Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah & took her leg in October 2023 #IJF
Fact-checking *is* the epitome of expression of free speech - the so-called “market place of ideas”.
A great first panel attended at @journalismfestival.com picking apart the absurd narrative that to verify the accuracy of false claims is censorship.
A great first panel attended at @journalismfestival.com picking apart the absurd narrative that to verify the accuracy of false claims is censorship.
April 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Fact-checking *is* the epitome of expression of free speech - the so-called “market place of ideas”.
A great first panel attended at @journalismfestival.com picking apart the absurd narrative that to verify the accuracy of false claims is censorship.
A great first panel attended at @journalismfestival.com picking apart the absurd narrative that to verify the accuracy of false claims is censorship.
At the airport en route for Perugia and engages brain AFTER ordering pre-flight lunch …
Perhaps I should have waited until tomorrow to select pizza #ijf
Perhaps I should have waited until tomorrow to select pizza #ijf
April 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
At the airport en route for Perugia and engages brain AFTER ordering pre-flight lunch …
Perhaps I should have waited until tomorrow to select pizza #ijf
Perhaps I should have waited until tomorrow to select pizza #ijf
Working out which false claims do & dont have real potential to cause real world harms matters - for fact-checkers, platforms & free speech.
Please join Angie Holan, @karlmalakunas.bsky.social, @gravesmatter.bsky.social & me @journalismfestival.com here www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
Please join Angie Holan, @karlmalakunas.bsky.social, @gravesmatter.bsky.social & me @journalismfestival.com here www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
April 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Working out which false claims do & dont have real potential to cause real world harms matters - for fact-checkers, platforms & free speech.
Please join Angie Holan, @karlmalakunas.bsky.social, @gravesmatter.bsky.social & me @journalismfestival.com here www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
Please join Angie Holan, @karlmalakunas.bsky.social, @gravesmatter.bsky.social & me @journalismfestival.com here www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
An ‘infowars’ warning against tyranny, in a Surrey car park, and a gateway with no gatekeeper.
Odd things to see on a weekend walk.
Odd things to see on a weekend walk.
March 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
An ‘infowars’ warning against tyranny, in a Surrey car park, and a gateway with no gatekeeper.
Odd things to see on a weekend walk.
Odd things to see on a weekend walk.
Policymakers around the world, in some of the places that will be badly affected, are starting to respond to Meta's political decision to abandon fact-checking...
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achpr.au.int/en/adopted-r...
March 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Policymakers around the world, in some of the places that will be badly affected, are starting to respond to Meta's political decision to abandon fact-checking...
achpr.au.int/en/adopted-r...
achpr.au.int/en/adopted-r...
My siblings and I organised a 90th birthday party for my Dad this weekend.
In the end, he enjoyed the day so much he needed a sleep. Perfect.
In the end, he enjoyed the day so much he needed a sleep. Perfect.
March 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My siblings and I organised a 90th birthday party for my Dad this weekend.
In the end, he enjoyed the day so much he needed a sleep. Perfect.
In the end, he enjoyed the day so much he needed a sleep. Perfect.
I guess this is what you might call “bothsides-ism”.
On one side, Amazon will sell you apricot seeds as a cure for cancer.
On the other, it will sell you a book revealing eating too many causes potentially fatal poisoning.
On one side, Amazon will sell you apricot seeds as a cure for cancer.
On the other, it will sell you a book revealing eating too many causes potentially fatal poisoning.
March 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I guess this is what you might call “bothsides-ism”.
On one side, Amazon will sell you apricot seeds as a cure for cancer.
On the other, it will sell you a book revealing eating too many causes potentially fatal poisoning.
On one side, Amazon will sell you apricot seeds as a cure for cancer.
On the other, it will sell you a book revealing eating too many causes potentially fatal poisoning.
It’s a racket.
January 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s a racket.
I agree. The response from regulators in so much of the rest of the world will be critical.
(This is one of those moments I really love the fact that academic publishing takes all the loving time it needs to publish books. This is out in June - on how to counter 'harms' AND protect free speech)
(This is one of those moments I really love the fact that academic publishing takes all the loving time it needs to publish books. This is out in June - on how to counter 'harms' AND protect free speech)
January 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I agree. The response from regulators in so much of the rest of the world will be critical.
(This is one of those moments I really love the fact that academic publishing takes all the loving time it needs to publish books. This is out in June - on how to counter 'harms' AND protect free speech)
(This is one of those moments I really love the fact that academic publishing takes all the loving time it needs to publish books. This is out in June - on how to counter 'harms' AND protect free speech)
Looking up at the sky ... reminded me of my favourite poem
January 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Looking up at the sky ... reminded me of my favourite poem
Appropriately called "Snow" - a poem that is/isn't about tangerines ...
January 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Appropriately called "Snow" - a poem that is/isn't about tangerines ...
A key idea of a book I'm publishing later this year (4 years than planned - it's complicated) is that the effects of false information vary enormously ...
Commentators & pols often want to argue false information is either a major threat or no threat at all. What evidence shows is it can be both.
Commentators & pols often want to argue false information is either a major threat or no threat at all. What evidence shows is it can be both.
January 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A key idea of a book I'm publishing later this year (4 years than planned - it's complicated) is that the effects of false information vary enormously ...
Commentators & pols often want to argue false information is either a major threat or no threat at all. What evidence shows is it can be both.
Commentators & pols often want to argue false information is either a major threat or no threat at all. What evidence shows is it can be both.
Awful as the events in New Orleans are, when you put them in the context of wider non-terror related violence in the US, headlines like today's Daily Mirror seem to me to do the work of the people who want cause terror. Fear is the purpose.
January 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Awful as the events in New Orleans are, when you put them in the context of wider non-terror related violence in the US, headlines like today's Daily Mirror seem to me to do the work of the people who want cause terror. Fear is the purpose.
Found on my mother’s writing desk. Reminder, for the fact-checker son of a poet, that two things can be true
December 31, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Found on my mother’s writing desk. Reminder, for the fact-checker son of a poet, that two things can be true
