Extra Resources

Tools for Verifying Images

• Google reverse image search
• FotoForensics provides budding researchers and professional investigators access to cutting-edge tools for digital photo forensics.
• Exifdata
• Exiftool
• MetaData2Go
• Forensically (picture verification):
• Tin Eye Image Verification

Tools for Verifying sources

• TweetBeaver (assists in verifying a particular user by looking at the relationship between users, a user’s timeline or specific account data)
• Botchecker for Twitter

Tools for Verifying Video

• YouTube Data Viewer (This tool shows users the upload time of a video after they copy and paste the link into the search bar. With this website, users can also view thumbnails and a link to reverse image search the thumbnails):

Tools for Verifying Content/News

• Chrome Extension
• First Draft Information Verification
• Meedan (verify breaking news online)
• WHO website “Myth buster” section for common fake news around an issue

Additional Links

• Verification Basics: First Draft News
• International Fact Checkers Network Code of Principles