Techniques and Tools for fact-checking a presentation by Ochaya Jackson Amos in an online training session organised by 211 Check with support from the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN)

1. ENHANCING EFFECTIVENESS OF 211 CHECK TO
STRENGTHEN FACT-CHECKING IN SOUTH SUDAN
Training Date: 12/10/2023
Topic:
Techniques and Tools for fact-checking:
Acquiring the skills needed

2. Trainer’s Bio
Ochaya Jackson is a fact-checking fellow and trainer at 211
Check, Defyhatenow’s fact-checking and information
verification flagship project.
He has been trained on advanced fact-checking by 211
Check, PesaCheck, Africa Check and the Atlantic Council
Digital Forensic Research Lab helping him to master the art.
As a passionate journalist, Ochaya is also pursuing studies
at the University of Juba, honing his skills and knowledge in
the media field. With aspirations of becoming a seasoned
communications specialist, Ochaya is poised to make a
significant impact in the realm of accurate and reliable
information.
OCHAYA JACKSON

3. Training Content
Outline
Reverse Image
Searches For Images &
Video
● Google
● TinEye
● Yandex
● RevEye
● Bing
● InVid We Verify
AI Tools For
Fact-checking images,
video & Audio
● Optic AI or Not
● Deepware
Metadata Tools
● Fotoforensic
● Image Edited
● Image Ops
● Exif Viewer
Website Forensics
● Virutotal
● Hunter.io
● Whois
● Webparanoid
● Dnyslytics
● WayBack Machine
Geolocation Tools
● Google Map
● Google Earth
● Bing Map

4. ● To share fact-checking
experiences with participants
● To promote media literacy so
that participants have the
ability to critically assess
information presented in the
media
● To learn how to fact-check
effectively using various tools
Training
Objectives

5. • This is part of Google search engine
program that searches for
information on the internet based
on a user's search query.
• The program indexes web pages,
images, videos and other online
content to make information easier
to find.
Google Reverse Image Search

6. Bing visual Search lets you search the web using an image instead of
text. You can use Visual Search to find similar images, products,
pages that include an image, and even recipes.
• Select the Images tab at the top of any search results page, or go
to Bing images.
• In the search box, select the camera icon
On PC or desktop
• Drag an image (from Bing, another website, or a file on your
computer) into the box
• Take a photo with your webcam
• Browse/upload pictures from your computer
• Paste an image or URL
On Mobile Devices
• Take a photo
• Use an image saved on your device
• Browse and upload saved image files
Bing Reverse Image Search

7. Yandex Reverse Image Search
This is a Russian based internet search
engine that searches for information also as
entered by the user.

8. TinEye Reverse Image Search
● This is a reverse image
search tool that is used to
locate the origin of an
image associated with a
claim.
● Once it is used, it gives
information about the
image if it was used
before on a digital
platform.

9. InVid We Verify Plugin
InVID We Verify performs various functions
on an image which include:
• It gives information of an image posted on
Facebook and Twitter
• It provides lens and photo editor to
analyze an image critically
• It gets metadata of jpeg image format, and
video format of MP4 or M4V
• It has inbuilt tool to detect image forgery.
• It offers optical character recognition for
texts in images.
• It examines both original image, and the
one that has been tampered with, e.g
cropped image, and brings the result.

10. BRIEF BREAK & REFLECTION…

11. Optic AI or Not
AI or Not determines whether
an image has been generated by
artificial intelligence or a human.

12. Deepware
Deepware scans a video or photo
using link and photo file

13. Metadata Tools
1. FotoForensics
• Forensically is a set of free tools for digital image forensics. It
includes clone detection, error level analysis, metadata
extraction and so on.
2. Image Edited
• It analyzes image file and test if it is edited or photoshopped.
Exif and pixel tests tell if the photo is original or modified.
3. ImgOps
Paste an image or drag and drop a file onto search bar page.
• Enter an image
• Choose an online image utility
4. Exif Data
It is an online application that lets you take a deeper look at
images.

14. Website Forensics Tools
Digital forensics is the process of identifying,
preserving, analyzing, and documenting digital
evidence. This is done in order to present
evidence in a court of law when required,
according to EC-Council

15. Virustotal
VirusTotal Analyses
suspicious files, domains,
IPs and URLs to detect
malware and other
breaches, automatically
share them with the
security community.

16. Hunter
Hunter.io is an email
search tool that helps
you find email addresses
of people who work at
some organisations with
the help of their domain

17. Whois
Whois gives information about when the
website is registered, and with which domain
company including the country.
It also provides the server name of holding
the website data.
Scams and impostor websites tend to be
newly registered domains.

18. Web Paranoid
Web Paranoid checks whether the website is
legitimate or scam.

19. DNSlytics
DNSlytics provides the ultimate online
investigation tool. See detailed information
about every IP address, domain name and
provider.

20. WayBack Machine
WayBack Machine captures and archives web
pages for future reference, and to document
evidence of the url link that may disappear
from the original website.

21. Geolocation Tools
Google Maps
• Geolocation service
• Information about geographical regions
• GPS Navigation
Google Earth
• It renders a 3D representation of Earth based
primarily on satellite imagery.
Bing Maps
● Geolocation service
● Information about geographical regions
● GPS Navigation

22. THANK YOU!
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2023