Fact checking
Fact checking
In a world full of fake news, outlandish claims and junk science you may need to look closer for the facts. Here are some helpful sites.
Australian sites
- The Conversation FactCheckAn independent source of news and views sources from the academic and research community dedicated to checking Australian issues.
- AAP FactCheckAustralian Associated Press analyse the veracity of statements made by public figures. There are sections on News media claims and Social media claims. They are an authorised fact checker for Facebook, identifying false or misleading content.
- RMIT ABC Fact CheckRMIT University and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation joint project to fact check Australian content.
International sites
These are some of the international fact checking sites helpful for news stories from outside Australia. If you come across other sites you can confirm if it is approved by the International Fact-Checking Network
- Climate FeedbackClimate Feedback is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in climate change media coverage.
- Full factUnited Kingdom independent charity dedicated to fact checking.
- FactCheck.orgConcentrating on the United States, this website is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
- SnopesThe Snopes.com web site was founded by David Mikkelson, a project begun in 1994 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends that has since grown into the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet.
Are those photos or videos real?
Use Google reverse-image search to fact check images, and find out how to authenticate a news item shown on YouTube
- Finding and verifying YouTube videosCheck out YouTube data viewer and Frame by Frame for YouTube in this list for finding and verifying news footage, via First Draft Harvard Kennedy School
Web page history
- Wayback machineUse this web archive to verify content history and edits of web pages.