News Literacy Project’s program manager Mary Owens walks the viewer through the methods that she uses to fact-check photos that get posted and shared on social media.
Source: American Press Insiitute
Length: 6:31 minutes
There was a claim that the true name of the Berenstain Bears is Berenstein. So we did an error level analysis of the image.
You can see from the error-level analysis that the text has been edited. The correct name Berenstain was taken from the authors, Stan and Jan Berenstain.
Error Level Analysis using FotoForensics
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Edges |
Similar edges should have similar brightness in the ELA result. All high-contrast edges should look similar to each other, and all low-contrast edges should look similar. With an original photo, low-contrast edges should be almost as bright as high-contrast edges. |
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Textures |
Similar textures should have similar coloring under ELA. Areas with more surface detail, such as a close-up of a basketball, will likely have a higher ELA result than a smooth surface. |
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Surfaces |
Regardless of the actual color of the surface, all flat surfaces should have about the same coloring under ELA. |
Tips from Buzzfeed journalists on how to verify images/videos, including: reverse image search for images, and taking a screenshot of videos and using reverse image search on the screenshot
Source: NewsWise
Length: 2:39 minutes
A companion video to the article "Seeing Isn't Believing: The Fact Checker's Guide to Manipulated Video" which includes tips on spotting Manipulated Video, broken down into three categories:
Missing context: The video is unaltered but it is presented in a way that lacks or misstates the context in which events occurred.
Misrepresentation is using incorrect framing of a video that misleads the viewer.
Isolation is sharing a brief clip from a longer video, creating a false narrative.
Deceptive edit: The video has been edited or re-arranged.
Omission is editing out large portions of a video to skew reality.
Splicing is editing together different videos to fundamentally change a story.
Malicious transformation: The video has been manipulated to transform the footage itself.
Doctoring is altering the frames of a video — cropping, changing speed, using Photoshop, dubbing audio, or adding or deleting visual information to deceive the viewer.
Fabrication is using artificial intelligence to make high-quality fake images.
Source: Washinton Post
Duration: 5:32 minutes
Details how you can search YouTube uploads by date, time and location to find the original version of a video.
Source: First Draft
Length: 1:18 minutes
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