Library Workshops

AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.

We sort fact from fiction, every day. We identify important public statements, interrogate the best available evidence and publish fact-checking reports to guide public debate. You can read our reports, spot checks, factsheets and guides on our website.

But fact-checking alone won’t address the complex problem of false information and a lack of access to accurate information in Africa. Our multi-pronged approach fosters fact-checking and makes it easy to get reliable information on important topics.

In 2005, India legislated one of the best ‘Right to Information’ laws in the world which changed the public information landscape and accessibility in the country. It was the first step towards transparency and accountability of governance. In 2012, India came up with the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP), popularly known as the ‘Open Data policy’ of the Government of India. In Spite of these systems in place, data and information remain in complex and overwhelming formats in the country. Some of the data that is meant for the public does not even exist in the public domain. Factly was born to create supporting platforms and infrastructure to bridge this gap and strengthen democracy through engagement.

This site provides a list of worldwide fact-checking sites who have signed on to an international code of principles for organizations that regularly publish nonpartisan reports on the accuracy of statements by public figures, major institutions, and other widely circulated claims of interest to society. It is the result of consultations among fact-checkers from around the world and offers conscientious practitioners principles to aspire to in their everyday work.

This custom Google search engine is created by MediaSmarts: Canada's Centre for Digital Media Literacy. This lets you search topics in multiple reputable fact-checkers at once.

When misinformation obscures the truth and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes’ fact-checking and original investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis. They link to and document sources so readers are empowered to do independent research and make up their own minds.

The non­governmental organization Media Reforms Center is an educational platform, founded by Mohyla School of Journalism at National University of ‘Kyiv­Mohyla Academy’, which aims to implement high standards of journalism education in Ukraine, raise the level of media literacy, inform about the danger of propaganda and dissemination of fake information in the media.

Upload a picture or enter a URL to view the metadata of any image.

We expose people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other.

Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms.

Founded in 2015, Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) is an independent website that has promoted awareness of media bias and misinformation by rating the bias, factual accuracy, and credibility of media sources, large and small. Media Bias/Fact Check relies on human evaluators to determine the bias of media sources and the level of overall factual reporting through a combination of objective measures and subjective analysis using our stated methodology.

Hyper-realistic AI-generated content is now a turnkey weapon for scalable fraud. As deception technology proliferates, threat vectors are exponentially increasing across all modalities. Reality Defender equips enterprises, governments, and platforms with protection against the most advanced AI threats of today and tomorrow.

Witness helps people use video and technology to protect and defend human rights. Our Technology Threats and Opportunities Team engages early on with emerging technologies that have the potential to enhance or undermine our trust on audiovisual content. Building upon years of foundational research and global advocacy on synthetic media, we’ve been preparing for the impact of AI on our ability to discern the truth. In consultation with human rights defenders, journalists, and technologists on four continents, we’ve identified the most pressing concerns and recommendations on what we must do now.

Norquest College, Edmonton

Digital Inquiry Group, California

In this course, we show you how to fact and source-check in five easy lessons, taking about 30 minutes apiece. The entire online curriculum is two and a half to three hours and is suitable homework for the first week of a college-level module on disinformation or online information literacy, or the first few weeks of a course if assigned with other discipline-focused homework.

People increasingly get news through online platforms, but with so much information from so many places, it can be challenging to sort through. CTRL-F is a verification skills program designed to help you practice evaluating online information — whether you’re on YouTube, TikTok, a news media site, or somewhere else.

The ScienceUpFirst initiative involves a collective of independent scientists, researchers, health care experts and science communicators working to stop the spread of misinformation around COVID-19.