Nicola Aitken

Nicola Aitken

Policy Manager at Full Fact

Nicola Aitken is a policy manager fighting the causes and consequences of bad information at Full Fact, the UK’s independent fact checking charity. She advocates for the internet companies and the government to take proportionate steps to prevent bad information from causing harm. Until February 2020 she was Head of Counter Online Manipulation at DCMS in the UK government, where she developed policies to tackle mis- and disinformation. Nicola has previously worked on EU tech regulation, broadcasting regulation and wider media policy.