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UK vulnerable to misinformation, fact-checking charity warns

Source: PA Wire

The UK is highly vulnerable to misinformation and is currently not properly equipped to combat it, the annual report from fact-checking charity Full Fact says.

The report warns that without urgent action, the UK risks falling behind the pace of international progress in protecting citizen from misinformation.

It says that a combination of significant gaps in the Online Safety Act and the rapid rise of generative AI means a fundamental overhaul of

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