Fact-Checking & Verification

With the rise of AI and its many applicationsa nd fake news, it is important for an OSINT practitioner that they verify and fact check their findings. On this page you will find tools to assist you.

 
• 20-Minutes  The 20-minute editorial team provides you with its “fake off” fact-checking section to combat fake news.
   
• BBC Verify  The BBC's in house fact-checking team who investigate video and clips and analysing data.
   
• GonzoGonzo's Python version of his fact check explorer tool.
 
• FEAT  Gonzo's FactCheck Explore Analysis Tool.
 
• Google FCE  Search facts about a topic or person.
 
• Google Trends  Google Trends is a website by Google that analyzes the popularity of top search queries in Google Search
 
• HoaxBuster  Collaborative platform against disinformation: its website allows you to identify hoaxes on the Web, that is to say hoaxes.
 
• Internet Archive  This tool aims to combat disinformation by making more first-hand, accurate information available to the public in a "digital library".


• Open Measures  Analyze hate and disinformation online.


• RAND  Tools that fight disinformation online.


• Verfication Toolbox  A toolbox designed to help simplify and streamline verification for beginner.

 
• AI or Not  Detect AI-generated images & audio for your business - and yourself.
   
• Content At Scale  AI image detector will determine if any of them have been generated by AI.
 
• FID  Fake Image Detector, a powerful tool for detecting manipulated image.
 
• Forensically  The magnifier allows you to see small hidden details in an image.
 
• FotoForensics  Forensics analysis tools to determine whether a picture was modified or manipulated.
 
• GoogleGet helpful context with about this images you find online.
 
• Hugging Faces  This app is a proof-of-concept demonstration of using a ViT model to predict whether an artistic image was generated using AI.
 
• Illuminarty  Detect AI generated images, synthetic, tampered images and Deepfake.
 
• InVid  The InVID project develops a video verification platform to detect emerging stories and assess the reliability of video content spread via social media.
 
• V7 Labs  V7 has released a fake profile picture detector to help you identify if the person is real or not.

• Bellingcat  A beginner's guide to social media verification.
• First Draft  Online training and resources.
• Poynter  Some free training in relation to Fact-Chacking.
• Verification Handbook  A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage.