Not really here anymore Head of AI @FullFact Governance Body member of @eurofactcheck Part of the team behind @ODcamp Previously @ONS and @BBC Fan of the Web.
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Does fact checking work? Yes
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Face the facts, we're back in luck
Turn on the light and wake me up
(This is so very kind. Thank you @shit_rock )
"Moving slowly has been a Wikipedia super-power. By boringly adhering to rules of fairness and sourcing, and often slowly deliberating over knotty questions of accuracy and fairness, the resource has become less interesting to those bent on campaigns of misinformation" <- cool.
What's @Wikipedia's US election day disinfo plan? Our usual winning combination of lightning-quick brilliant editors and extraordinarily specific pedantry. It works for us! And most importantly, for you. wired.com/story/wikipedias-p…
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This blog by @TGyateng is a must read for those who work in #TechForGood, #OpenData & #civictech.
"Neutrality where social injustices are present means a continuation & sometimes exacerbation of social injustice."
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Interesting JD here for 'Senior Digital Tech/Data Specialists' at DCMS
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Did I know that GDS had actually defined CSV-W as the standard for describing CSV data? Not sure I did, but this is excellent news. Well done standards people.
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My local coffee shop pivoting to selling booze (as well as coffee) and having an online option for a 'big bag of cans' to be delivered is pure 2020 energy
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Used this for the first time in anger today. Cracking work gang - coronavirus.data.gov.uk/deve…
One of the actual best teams who have done astonishing things over the last year. Well done to you all at @ONSdigital
(They also seem to be hiring about 50 people at the moment, so do take a look if you have the skills and want to make a difference in the world)
This year we have a special commendation which goes to the @ONSdigital team for producing content that is accessible, wide-reaching and informative. Here’s some examples of their fantastic work: onsvisual.github.io/project_…
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Love this journalist who has seized the opportunity at this Mark Drakeford coronavirus lockdown announcement to ask about whether we should we ban domestic wood burning. Absolute agent of chaos.
Big fan of this post from John hitting the centre of the venn diagram of many of my interests.
Read our guest blog 'Statistics shining a light' from John Pullinger, President of @IAOS_Stat
#WorldStatisticsDay
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ALT "Fact checking and regulation of statistics used in public life help us see into the darkest corners of falsification, manipulation and mind-games with numbers." John Pullinger. President, International Association for Official Statistics.
The work re-brand has got to the all important 'my laptop' phase.
ALT Image of a laptop covered in stickers, with a very large full fact branded one as the focus of the frame.
It isn't standards day any more, but yesterday did remind me to go back and check in on a few things that once seemed like the future to me. I think, with the right interoperability with web search engines, IIIF might still be a great idea
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Using a #Schema.org-First approach to build a single source of truth and a unified Content Management System @jrockowitz bit.ly/3lLOQ01
Standards are important. Obvs. On the web they are vital. Not everything has to use every standard, but if you want information to co-exist in a powerful way, describe it using the conventions of the web, not your organisation's or your own head. #WorldStandardsDay
