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How to Identify Fake News
Fact-Checker Websites
Social Media & Misinformation
What are DeepFakes?
How to Identify Fake News
- S.I.F.T. Method to Spot Misinformation (UChicago Library): Simple 4-step method to identify misinformation and evaluate resources.
- (Handout) Ten Questions for Fake News Detection (News Literacy Project): Use this quick checklist to make sure you’re spreading good information to friends, family and coworkers.
- News Lit Quiz (News Literacy Project): Take this 7 question quiz to test your news literacy.
Fact-Checker Websites
- Snopes.com: Started in 1994, Snopes is the oldest and largest fact-checking website, investigating image manipulation, political facts, urban legends, hoaxes, and a range of topics.
- Politifact: Run by the Poynter Institute, this nonpartisan political fact-checking site has been in operation since 2007, with a national umbrella and several, more specific state editions.
- FackCheck.org: Run by The Annenberg Public Policy Center, FactCheck.org monitors debates, ads, speeches, interviews & news releases to reduce deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
- Media Bias / Fact Check (MBFC): Go here to find out what kind of bias your favorite news channel has in their reporting. There is also a “least biased” media recommendation list.
- Tools That Fight Disinformation (RAND): Use this collection of websites to detect DeepFakes, identify bot accounts, fact check, learn and teach media literacy.
Social Media & Misinformation
- How Misinformation on Social Media Has Changed News (PIRG): Explore how misinformation spreads differently on social media, and how to prevent misinformation.
- Tools That Fight Disinformation (RAND): Use this collection of websites to detect DeepFakes, identify bot accounts, fact check, learn and teach media literacy.
- How to Identify Fake News Infographic (IFLA): Use this printable checklist any time you are skeptical about a news source.
What are DeepFakes?
- It’s Getting Harder to Spot a Deep Fake Video (YouTube- Bloomberg): Learn what a deep fake is and how this new technology can impact the way you view media.
- What are Deepfakes and How Are They Created? (Institute of Electronics Engineers): This article tells you everything you need to know about Deepfakes in video and audio.
- What is AI-Generated Audio? (McAffee): Audio can be simulated as well, making deep fake videos seem even more realistic, and potentially threatening the music industry.
- Detect DeepFakes (MIT): Practice identifying DeepFake videos and find a list of what to look for to better determine if a video is real or AI-generated.