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Misinformation and Fake News
Are you curious what fake news is and how to identify it? This guide explores the problem of misinformation and provides strategies for checking facts.
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Fact-Checking Strategies
Tools for Verifying
Bias and Your Filter Bubble
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SIFT Modules
SIFT: Stop
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SIFT: Investigate the Source
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SIFT: Find Trusted Sources
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SIFT: Trace Claims to Original Context
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Tools for Submitting Fake News
Is This True? A Fake News Database
Did you find some misinformation? Share it in this form to help inform others about it.
Other Useful Tools
Iffy Quotient
University of Michigan. Tracks the percentage of iffy sources being shared on Facebook and Twitter.
Truthy
A collection of social media data tools from the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe)
#BotSpot: 12 Ways to Spot a Bot
Digital Forensic Research Lab
10 Tips for Verifying Viral Social Media Videos
IFCN Poynter
Fact-Checking Tools
Snopes
FactCheck.org
Non-partisan organization that fact-checks political claims
Politifact
Truth Be Told
Wayback Machine
Useful for verifying website histories
Full List of Verification Tools
Verifying Images
FotoForensics
Identify parts of an image that may have been altered.
Reverse Image Search in Google
Use the URL of an image to check Google Images
Google Street View
Useful for identifying the background/location of an image or video
Jeffrey's Exif Viewer
Enter the URL of an image and see its metadata
TinEye Reverse Image Search
Upload or enter an image URL to the search bar and see a list of related sites. Has plug-ins for your browser.
RevEye App
Chrome plug-in that will search TinEye, Google Images, and other image databases simultaneously.
Verifying Locations
Google Street View
Useful for identifying the background/location of an image or video
Wikimapia
Crowd-sourced version of Google Maps, featuring additional information.
Google Street View Time Machine
Can compare streets from the past with the present (in major cities).
Mapchecking.com
(In French; use Google Translate if needed)
Suncalc
Determine whether a location would have been sunny or cloudy on a given day
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