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.
| Fact Checking |
- 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.
| Image Verification |
- 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.
| Training & Resources |
- 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.