A freedom of information response revealed there have been 193 charges in Scotland under the Terrorism Act 2000. The alleged offences link to banned groups like the Ulster Volunteer Force, Ulster Freedom Fighters, the IRA, and neo-Nazi group, National Action.
The number of Scottish terrorism charges in relation to Palestine Action in the last seven months is more than all the other charges put together since the 2000 Terrorism Act came into force, new figures reveal
In the past the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency kept secret the salmon farms it censured on animal welfare grounds. Now it has changed its mind.
For Fact’s Sake is back for a brand new series, kicking off with a special three-part look at the impact of misinformation on the upcoming elections this year.
In the first episode, we spoke to Polly Curtis from think tank Demos about how AI could affect the general election, and democracy more widely.
Demos has recently produced a report on the potential of AI to alter democracy.
We also launched our newest feature, the Conspiracy Dictionary, with a look at the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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Changes to abortion law in England and Wales have been misrepresented on social media.
The Ferret exposed the extreme views of Reform UK’s Scotland’s candidates before Nigel Farage promised to improve his party’s “poor” vetting processes, but many of them have been re-selected to fight the Holyrood election.
Online claims questioned Scottish Labour's house building in government between 1999 and 2007.
A quote attributed to Reform UK's Richard Tice has gone viral in recent weeks.
