{"id":1551,"date":"2015-11-07T18:01:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1551"},"modified":"2021-10-03T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T12:57:19","slug":"verification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1551","title":{"rendered":"Verification: If your mother tweets she loves you, check it out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"_bdEPW3TS7UVMl0\" class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\">For guides, tip sheets and more, visit Global Investigative Journalism Network <a href=\"http:\/\/gijn.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GIJN.ORG\u00a0<\/a>&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ire.org\/\">IRE.ORG<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bcattools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellingcat&#8217;s Online Investigation Tool Kit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meedan.com\/en\/check\/\">Check<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skepticalscience.com\/docs\/Debunking_Handbook.pdf\">Debunking Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emergent.info\/\">Emergent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">FactCheck.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FactCheck.org <a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2016\/11\/how-to-spot-fake-news\/\">How to spot fake news<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firstdraftnews.com\/project\/field-guide-fake-news\/\">Field Guide to Fake News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/search\/fact-check-now-available-google-search-and-news-around-world\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google Fact Check (US &amp; UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1znBKeFG6dTlzCggdggMLcie4-n6T2443\">News Verification Guide<\/a>\u00a0by Tom Trewinnard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/about-the-international-fact-checking-network\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Poynter International Fact Checking Network\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/fact-checking-research-database\">fact-check research database<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"_HZUVOmSKmYM3ug\" dir=\"ltr\">Snopes<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/2016\/01\/14\/fake-news-sites\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/\">Snopes<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"_kJCucNpfsXKgLM\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/verificationhandbook.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Verification Handbook I, II &amp; III<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/firstdraftnews.com\/dashboard\/\">Verification Training for Journalists<\/a> free course via Firstdraftnews<\/li>\n<li id=\"_baRXTliW08Sf52\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitribune.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WikiTribune<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GENERAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/advanced_search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Advanced Search<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolframalpha.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolfram Alpha<\/a> Searches web for authoritative answers to factual questions, historical weather data, much more<\/p>\n<p><b>SOCIAL <\/b><b>MEDIA SEARCHES<\/b><\/p>\n<p>FACEBOOK:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/graphsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/searchisback.com\/\">Searchisback.com\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stalkscan.com\/\">Stalkscan.com\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TWITTER:\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.Followerwonk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Followerwonk<\/a><\/u> Analyze people&#8217;s followers by location, topic, more + first Tweet (free for limited searches) |\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.klout.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klout<\/a><\/u> Analyze influence\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tweetdeck.twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweetdeck<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twicsy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twicsy<\/a>\u00a0Search what Twitpix a user has posted |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search-advanced?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter Advanced Search\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.labnol.org\/internet\/twitter-search-tricks\/13693\/?_ga=2.55715747.988453598.1515253242-1770418900.1515253242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter search terms\u00a0| <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ctrlq.org\/first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who tweeted it first?\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.picodash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$ Picodash<\/a> Instagram and Twitter searches\u00a0for\u00a0photos, videos, users and locations | $ <a href=\"http:\/\/trendsmap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trendsmap<\/a> Mapping by words, hashtags, users<\/p>\n<p><b>SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aidr.qcri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIDR platform<\/a> Disaster-based<\/p>\n<p>$ <a href=\"http:\/\/ban.jo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ban.jo<\/a> Location-based<\/p>\n<p>$ <a href=\"https:\/\/geofeedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geofeedia<\/a> Location-based<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ushahidi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ushahidi<\/a> Crowd-sourcing software<\/p>\n<p><b>VERIFYING IMAGES<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Reveye\u00a0&#8212; Chrome extension that combines reverse image search engines of TinEye, Google, Bing and others<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tineye.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TinEye<\/a> Web image searcher &#8211; Drag an image or url into the search box and find out\u00a0when it first appeared on the Web<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/1325808?hl=en\">Google <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/1325808?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Image Search<\/a> (b&amp;w works best)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findexif.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Findexif.com<\/a>\u00a0Get the data from a photo that tells where\/when\/how it was taken<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fotoforensics.com\/\">Foto <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fotoforensics.com\/\">Forensics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-ocr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-ocr.com\/\">&#8211;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-ocr.com\/\">ocr<\/a> Reads, translates text in images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exif.regex.info\/exif.cgi\">Jeffrey\u2019s Exif Viewer<\/a>\u00a0Get the data from a photo that tells where\/when\/how it was taken<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ImpulseAdventure\/JPEGsnoop\">JPEGSnoop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suncalc.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SunCalc<\/a> Date\/time shadow calcs<\/p>\n<p><b>MAPS &amp; LOCATION IMAGES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flikr\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/graphsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-ocr.com\/\">free-ocr.com\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/graphsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Maps\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/graphsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Translate\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/graphsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instantstreetview.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instantstreetview<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Earth Observatory\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/graphsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><u><a href=\"http:\/\/wikimapia.org\/\">Wikimapia<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>PEOPLE BACKGROUNDING<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/graphsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/searchisback.com\/\">rchisback.com\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stalkscan.com\/\">Stalkscan.com\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geosocialfootprint.com\/\">GeoSocial <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/geosocialfootprint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Footprint<\/a> Check your social media footprint<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\">Flickr<\/a> Geo-located photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/identify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Identify<\/a> Combined web identity (Firefox)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fullcontact.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$ Full Contact <\/a>Info from Web on people who email you (Gmail)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.numberway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Numberway<\/a> Phone #s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.org\/personfinder\/global\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Person Finder<\/a> Finding family\/friends in a disaster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pipl.com\/search\/?q=&amp;l=&amp;sloc=&amp;in=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PIpl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rapportive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rapportive<\/a> LinkedIn info on people who email you(Gmail)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/publicrecords.searchsystems.net\/Other_Nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SearchSystems.net<\/a> Public records links<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spokeo<\/a> People locators by name, address, phone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WebMii<\/a> Profile search engine<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whois.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHOIS<\/a> Website ownership<\/p>\n<p><b>TRUTH-SQUADDING<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellingcat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bellingcat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snopes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snopes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/storyful.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Storyful<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>CASE STUDIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.storyful.com\/2015\/07\/10\/finding-dylann-roof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finding Dylann Roof<\/a>\u00a0by Storyful<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ajr.org\/2014\/07\/09\/fooled-fake-social-media-step-step-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Storyful verified crowd-sourced video of the Boston Bombing in real time<\/a>\u00a0by AJR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/acarvin\/how-to-debunk-a-geopolitical-rumor-with-your-twitt2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to 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