Published:
27 January 2021
Last updated:
16 March 2023
As part of our duty to promote media literacy, we undertake research into how people access and use information online.
This paper contributes to the growing body of research on how to assess the availability and potential impact of false information online. We explore data sources and research techniques that can be used to investigate false information and present insights from this analysis.
Discussion paper: Understanding online false information in the UK (PDF, 3.6 MB)