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Immigration in NI: Home Office response to FactCheckNI’s Freedom of Information Request
15 December 2025
In September, FactCheckNI published a fact check of claims made by DUP MLA Edwin Poots. Some aspects of this claim were rated as “unsubstantiated” due
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VAWG in NI: PSNI response to FactCheckNI’s Freedom of Information Request
12 August 2025
FactCheckNI recently published an analysis of what is known about Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in Northern Ireland, focusing on the criminal justice system
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FactCheckNI statement on Meta’s decision to end support for US fact checkers on their fact checking programme
8 January 2025
FactCheckNI is disappointed to learn of Meta’s decision to end its partnership with fact checking organisations in the US. Having been involved with the programme
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Bad information is harming communities in Northern Ireland. We all need to tackle it.
23 August 2024
By Dr Orna Young, Managing Director of FactCheckNI We are all fortunate to live in a period when any information we want is in the
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An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact checkers
12 January 2022
12 January 2022 Ms Susan Wojcicki, It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how
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FactCheckNI: Editor Role
4 January 2022
FactCheckNI are recruiting an editor! FactCheckNI is Northern Ireland’s first and only dedicated fact-checking service. We investigate claims and publish articles on contemporary and contentious topics.
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Some suggestions when handling COVID-19 leaflets
30 July 2021
A number of leaflets about COVID-19 vaccines and their safety have been circulating in Northern Ireland. FactCheckNI has previously fact checked many of these claims. News
Empowered citizens should Think Check Share
28 June 2021
28 June 2021 One of FactCheckNI’s aims is to promote a culture of factual accountability amongst citizens, with an attitude of critical thinking and active
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FactCheckNI to boost graphical impact through Open Data Fund win
10 May 2021
FactCheckNI is delighted to be among eight winners receiving a boost from the Open Data Fund which encourages innovation in the reuse of data on
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Disinformation in a pandemic: sharing fact checkers’ experiences
30 March 2021
As part of the Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics, on 23 March 2021, editors from three fact-checking organisations across these isles shared their
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COVID-19 conspiracy theories: how to have ‘the talk’
11 December 2020
by Dr Orna YOUNG (11 December 2020) Any discussion of COVID-19 and the development and introduction of vaccines to combat it invariably gives rise to
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