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PUBLIC-035Jan 2, 2025Politics & GovernmentLegal & RegulatoryPublic discourseFactual Assertion

Said Tommy Robinson was jailed and isolated for telling the truth.

False0%Medium-High confidenceContested by credible sources

Evidence chain

From statement to verdict.

  1. 01

    Original statement

    Said Tommy Robinson was jailed and isolated for telling the truth.

    Jan 2, 2025 · Factual Assertion

  2. 02

    Measurable target

    Present-tense characterization of a criminal-contempt sentence

    Not applicable

  3. 03

    Observed outcome

    Robinson admitted contempt for breaching a court injunction after a libel judgment. Reuters also reported that his segregation was maintained for safety reasons. The cited legal record does not support the claim that he was jailed for telling the truth.

    Evaluated Jul 26, 2026

  4. 04

    Verdict and score

    False

    0 of 100 points under the v5 rubric. Promise/forecast verdict: At least one matured material term failed, including a deadline miss, incomplete scope, reversal, or incorrect forecast. Factual verdict: Reliable evidence contradicts the central proposition.

Record details

How this row was evaluated.

Subject category
Politics & Government
Topic category
Legal & Regulatory
Organization or context
Public discourse
Relationship to organization
Public sphere
Assertion mode
Direct public statement documented by independent reporting
Deadline result
Not applicable
Eventual outcome
Not applicable
Factual accuracy
False
Canonical classification
False
Score points
0 / 100
Included in headline score
Yes
Research confidence
Medium-High
Credible-source contestation
Yes
Contestation resolution
Court records and Reuters reporting directly establish the legal basis for imprisonment and the stated safety basis for segregation.
Correction status
No public correction identified in the cited evidence
Deleted after challenge
No
Repeated after correction
No
Evidence-documented repetition count
At least 1 documented instance
Sensitive-topic metadata
UK politics · Anti-Muslim activism · Immigration discourse · Legal claims

The sensitive-topic tag is descriptive. The verdict rests on court records and the stated reason for imprisonment.

Intent stays separate

Was intentional deception established?

No

Detailed assessment
Not established
Intent evidence level
0 / 3

The cited evidence contradicts the claim or establishes nonfulfillment, but an inaccurate statement, failed prediction, or reversed promise alone does not prove knowledge of falsity or intent to deceive.

“No” does not mean the statement was true. It means the cited evidence did not meet the higher standard needed to establish the speaker's state of mind.

Why this distinction matters

Evidence strength

A disclosed measure of evidence quality—not a probability.

Component scores measure source quality, corroboration, and directness. Verdict confidence begins with that evidence strength and applies the deductions documented in the methodology.

Evidence strength83of 100
Verdict confidence80Medium-High
Statement evidence quality26 / 30

Quality and directness of evidence that Musk made the statement.

Outcome evidence quality34 / 40

Quality of evidence establishing the outcome.

Corroboration8 / 15

Independent corroboration across sources and domains.

Directness15 / 15

How directly the evidence resolves the proposition.

Evidence sources
2
Independent source domains
1
Claim audit
Complete
Source audit
Pass

Material contestation is documented and resolved or left Unresolved in the row.

Citations

Read the underlying sources.

Field-level evaluation audit

Every calculated output carries its own evidence basis.

Open any of the 12 audited outputs to see its calculated value, written basis, rule, and cited sources.

01Deadline resultNot applicable

Evidence basis

Compared the original target/timeframe (“Present-tense characterization of a criminal-contempt sentence”) with the documented outcome. Result: Not applicable. Evidence: Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court, not for telling truth; UK anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson loses challenge to segregation in jail. URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Compare original target with documented timing.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
02Eventual outcomeNot applicable

Evidence basis

Classified the later real-world result independently from the headline verdict. Result: Not applicable. Documented outcome: Robinson admitted contempt for breaching a court injunction after a libel judgment. Reuters also reported that his segregation was maintained for safety reasons. The cited legal record does not support the claim that he was jailed for telling the truth. Evidence: Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court, not for telling truth; UK anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson loses challenge to segregation in jail. URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Classify the later real-world outcome separately from the headline verdict.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
03Factual accuracyFalse

Evidence basis

Compared the normalized proposition with the cited records. Result: False. Documented outcome: Robinson admitted contempt for breaching a court injunction after a libel judgment. Reuters also reported that his segregation was maintained for safety reasons. The cited legal record does not support the claim that he was jailed for telling the truth. Evidence: Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court, not for telling truth; UK anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson loses challenge to segregation in jail. URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Compare the normalized factual proposition with cited evidence.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
04Canonical verdictFalse

Evidence basis

Factual-claim rule: apply the published True, Mostly True, Misleading, Unsupported, False, or Unresolved definition. Applied result: False (False). Evidence finding: Robinson admitted contempt for breaching a court injunction after a libel judgment. Reuters also reported that his segregation was maintained for safety reasons. The cited legal record does not support the claim that he was jailed for telling the truth. Evidence: Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court, not for telling truth; UK anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson loses challenge to segregation in jail. URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Apply strict promise rule or published factual-claim classification.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
05Score points0

Evidence basis

Score assigned mechanically from verdict and claim type under strict-promise-v1.0: False = 0 points.

Calculation rule

Map verdict mechanically to points under the applicable rule.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
06Inclusion in the Trust ScoreYes

Evidence basis

Included because the claim has a resolved evidence-based verdict.

Calculation rule

Include only resolved evidence-based verdicts.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
07Research confidenceMedium-High

Evidence basis

Evidence strength 83/100 = statement 26/30 + outcome 34/40 + corroboration 8/15 + directness 15/15. Published deductions yield verdict confidence 80/100 (Medium-High).

Calculation rule

Calculate from evidence components and published deductions.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
08Credible-source contestationYes

Evidence basis

Credible-source contestation: Yes. Resolution: Court records and Reuters reporting directly establish the legal basis for imprisonment and the stated safety basis for segregation. Evidence URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Record material credible-source disagreement separately from verdict.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
09Correction statusNo public correction identified in the cited evidence

Evidence basis

Correction status is bounded to the cited record: No public correction identified in the cited evidence. Evidence URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Bound correction finding to cited evidence.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
10Repetition after correctionNo

Evidence basis

Repeated after correction: No. Minimum documented repetition count: At least 1 documented instance. Evidence URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Bound repetition finding to cited evidence.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
11Intentional-deception answerNo

Evidence basis

The cited evidence contradicts the claim or establishes nonfulfillment, but an inaccurate statement, failed prediction, or reversed promise alone does not prove knowledge of falsity or intent to deceive.

Calculation rule

Require direct admission, adjudicated intent finding, or comparably conclusive state-of-mind evidence.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete
12Strict promise resultNot applicable

Evidence basis

Factual-claim rule: apply the published True, Mostly True, Misleading, Unsupported, False, or Unresolved definition. Applied result: False (False). Evidence finding: Robinson admitted contempt for breaching a court injunction after a libel judgment. Reuters also reported that his segregation was maintained for safety reasons. The cited legal record does not support the claim that he was jailed for telling the truth. Evidence: Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court, not for telling truth; UK anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson loses challenge to segregation in jail. URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/

Calculation rule

Pass only if every material promise or forecast term was met; otherwise Fail, Pending, Unresolved, or Not applicable.

Evidence strength
83 / 100
Verdict confidence
80 / 100 · Medium-High
Audit status
Complete

Audit trail

Selection and scoring notes.

v5 classification rationale
Factual-claim rule: apply the published True, Mostly True, Misleading, Unsupported, False, or Unresolved definition. Applied result: False (False). Evidence finding: Robinson admitted contempt for breaching a court injunction after a libel judgment. Reuters also reported that his segregation was maintained for safety reasons. The cited legal record does not support the claim that he was jailed for telling the truth. Evidence: Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court, not for telling truth; UK anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson loses challenge to segregation in jail. URLs: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/tommy-robinson-jailed-contempt-court-not-telling-truth-2024-10-30/; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-anti-muslim-activist-tommy-robinson-loses-challenge-segregation-jail-2025-03-21/
v4 → v5 source-package migration audit
Audited, no headline change. Evidence and derived statistics re-audited.
Selection basis
Requested expansion of political and potentially xenophobic public claims
Source quality
Reuters fact check and court-related reporting directly address both imprisonment and segregation V4 evidence metrics: statement 26/30; outcome 34/40; corroboration 8/15; directness 15/15.
Methodology note
V5 uses strict-promise-v1.0. Later delivery does not earn partial credit for a missed dated promise. The verdict evaluates the stated reason for imprisonment and isolation, not Robinson’s broader political views.