On the one hand, it's just a number.....

Dear friend,

We passed another one of those big numbers this month. There are now 1.25 million public Freedom of Information requests on WhatDoTheyKnow.

When we launched the site back in 2008, we had two goals: to make Freedom of Information more accessible to all; and to provide a free public archive of all the information that is released as a result.

We’ve not only progressed these goals, but our users’ requests have had incredible impact, too.

From helping victims of the contaminated blood scandal, facilitating justice for those impacted by the Post Office Horizon scandal, and supporting disability rights campaigners, we’ve proven the ability of FOI to help people fight for what matters to them — and to us all.

That’s why we continue to work on features that move us further forward, like our new Learn pages, designed to help beginners take their first steps into making a request. You can check these out here.

We're still working hard to increase transparency

in the UK and around the world

mySociety was founded more than two decades ago, to show how the new internet era could be the key to a better, more inclusive democracy.

In this era of misinformation, the value of factual data, straight from the source, increases every day.

We're proud of WhatDoTheyKnow and how it makes Freedom of Information available to everyone here in the UK. And, thanks to our open source software Alaveteli, there are 30 sites around the world doing the same for their citizens.

1.25 million: it's just a number. But it's also a sign of a website that is working for the people, and issues, that need it.

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