Recording from 22 May 2025 at Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life. Apologies for the slightly patchy audio.
As Meta retreats from traditional fact-checking and rolls out Community Notes in the US, big questions loom: Why now? What does this shift mean for truth, trust, and democracy in an AI-driven, post-truth world? This roundtable, hosted by the Centre for British Political Life, brings together industry and academic perspectives to explore the implications of fact-checking (or lack thereof) on the democratic discourse in the US and beyond.
Panel:
Tom Edgington, BBC Verify
Mark Frankel, Full Fact
Moderator:
Laszlo Horvath
Resources:
Tom’s report for the Reuters Institute ‘Perceptions, power, and polarisation: the political impact of UK fact-checking’
Full Fact’s Annual Report 2025
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