22 Tools for Spotting Fake News
/Ad Fontes Media - Producer of The Media Bias Chart® which rates media sources in terms of political bias and reliability.
Bellingcat - Investigative search network for citizen journalists using open-source information such as videos, maps and pictures.
Botcheck - Suggests whether an X/Twitter account is likely to be a bot.
Botometer - Checks the activity of an X/Twitter account and gives it a score based on how likely the account is to be a bot.
ChatGPT Detector - Developed by the ChatGPT team to determine the likelihood that text was produced using GPT technology.
Database Search Engine - Domain, name and keyword searches across more than 1300 databases (subscription required).
Deepfake-o-Meter - Check images, video and audio to see if they are fake. Free but requires signup.
FactCheck Explorer - Filter and analyze date from the Google Fact Check Explorer.
Facterbot - This Facebook Messenger chatbot aimed at delivering fact checks.
Google Reverse Image Search - Check the history of a photo: When it was first used and where.
Hoaxy - Visualizes the spread of articles across social media.
Islegitsite - Check if a website is legit or a scam.
MapChecking – A tool that makes crowd size estimates (protests, rallies). This video explains how it works.
NewsBot - This Facebook Messenger app identifies the political leaning of an article.
NewsGuard - Steven Brill’s site that uses trained journalists to rate news items and information sites. Produces an email newsletter that tracks misinformation.
Phone Validator - Use this database to detect robo-call and spam numbers.
RevEye - A Chrome reverse image search engine add-on.
Sensity - This tool is designed to spot fake human faces in pictures and videos. Engineers say they trained detectors using 100s of thousands of deepfake videos and GAN-generated images. Free.
TinEye - A reverse image search engine to help determine when an image first appeared on the internet. A free extension for Chrome and Firefox browsers.
Trust Project - A Microsoft project providing indicators of reliable, ethical journalism.
WatchFramebyFrame - Fact-check videos by looking frame by frame for out of place shadows and such.