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Fake News (and how to fight it): Verifying Images & Videos

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Can You Spot AI-Generated Content?

Which Face Is Real?
How good are you at determining whether an image is generated by artificial intelligence? Play the "Which Face is Real?" game to test your ability.
OpenAI’s Sora: How to Spot AI-Generated Videos
Wall Street Journal

Learn more:

5 easy ways to tell if an image is AI generated
Forbes
How to Spot a Deepfake
Snopes
How to Spot a Fake Video
Washington Post [MDC login required]

Reverse Image Searching

How to Do a Reverse Image Search From Your Phone
PC Magazine

How to Use Reverse Image Search to Verify Stories on Your Phone
First Draft

How to Use Your Phone to Find Out Where a Photo or Video Was Taken
First Draft

Photo Fact-Checking in the Digital Age
News Literacy Project

Learn more:

A Guide to Performing Reverse Image Searches
Snopes
Search with an Image on Google
Google Search Help

Visual Content Verification Tools

How can you tell if an image or video has been manipulated or used out of context? These tools can help.

InVID Verification Plugin
A toolkit frequently used by journalists to analyze and fact-check videos shared on social media platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
Reversee
An app that performs reverse Google Image searches for photos on your mobile device. Available from the Mac App Store and Google Play.
RevEye
A Chrome Extension or Firefox Add-On that allows you to perform reverse image searches using multiple search engines.
TinEye
A reverse image search engine that can help you determine whether a picture has been altered.
YouTube Data Viewer
Amnesty International's tool for extracting data from videos hosted on YouTube. Paste in a YouTube URL to find the video's exact upload time, plus thumbnail images for reverse image searching.

Last Updated: Nov 21, 2024 5:50 PM
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