Notes from a talk delivered at CSICon, Oct. 29, 2016
Tools, how-tos and further info
Lists of fake news sites
Fact-checking sites
- Washington Post Fact Checker
- PolitiFact
- FactCheck.org
- 100+ sites worldwide listed at Duke Reporters’ Lab (mostly political)
- Snopes
- HealthNewsReview
- PicPedant (on Twitter)
- FakeAstropix (on Twitter)
Photos
Reverse image search tools:
- RevEye (browser plug-in) (demonstrated)
- Google Reverse Image (click the camera icon)
- TinEye
Exif viewers can help you figure out info such as when the photo was taken, with what camera, if Photoshopped, etc. Exif viewers:Jeffrey’s Exif Viewer, FindExif.com (but won’t work on most images from social media)
Video
YouTube Data Viewer
Frame by Frame
Social media
How-to on verifying social media accounts (short video)
Another how-to
People
WhoIs – https://whois.icann.org/ (This one’s the real deal – other things that call themselves “WhoIs” aren’t)
5 Telltale Signs of an Online Hoax
Spread the word – without fanning the flames
Debunking Handbook by John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky
More great advice in Misinformation & Fact-Checking: Research Findings from Social Science, by Brendan Nyhan & Jason Reifler
Slap “false” stickers on your debunks with MemeBuster
How-to on no-follow links
More on visual presentation
Additional useful info:
Verification Handbook
Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook
Credits: Source material for Tamar’s talk
Background picture credit: http://haniemohd.deviantart.com/
INTRO:
- Wonder Woman named UN Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls
- Movie promo graphic
- Anne Marie Goetz tweet
- Wonder Woman DVD
- William Marston, biographical information – Lepore, J. The secret history of Wonder Woman.
- Lynda Carter on Anderson Live
- DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
Fake ABC site
Obama landfill story
- PHOTOS
Photographer Captures Dolphin Caught in Hurricane Winds
Hurricane Frances Smothers Florida
- SOCIAL MEDIA
Marked-up Twitter profile: by Jane Elizabeth
- PEOPLE
Googling example – “Jude Finisterra of Dow Chemical” – from Craig Silverman, 5 Telltale Signs of an Online Hoax
- SPREAD THE WORD
Myth & fact graphics, and all-around great advice: The Debunking Handbook, by John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky
Tamar Wilner 