Bellingcat has put together a comprehensive list of tools and websites for open-source investigations.

A toolbox designed to help simplify and streamline verification for beginners.

Uses an algorithm to analyse photographs. Provides metadata that can help detect if an image has been manipulated.

This plugin has been designed as a verification “Swiss army knife” helping journalists, fact-checkers, and human rights defenders to save time and be more efficient in their fact-checking and debunking tasks on social networks especially when verifying videos and images.

A browser plugin that lets you know if a website is trying to get it right or instead has a hidden agenda or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda.

This web extension analyses the news articles you read and flags the biases in those articles for you.

SureOrNot provides you with a heads up if you are reading an outdated news article on your Facebook feed to fight Fake News.

Hover over an image, and SurfSafe will classify the image as “safe”, “warning”, or “unsafe”. SurfSafe will also show you every instance of where the image in question has been seen before. You will be able to see if the context of image in the article has anything to do with the original instance. *Note, if the image is not in their database, then they are unable to confirm if real or not.

This extension flags the trustworthiness of the sites you visit, relying on Metacert, Politifact, Snopes, and Melissa Zimdars for their ratings.

An article from The Verge that explores two projects created to act as buffers between the world and fake news.

Our Evaluating Information gives you the tools for evaluating information that you find for your research.

The CRAAP Test is a list of questions to help you evaluate the information you find. Different criteria will be more or less important depending on your situation or need.

In 10 episodes, John Green will teach you how to navigate the internet! We’ve partnered with MediaWise, The Poynter Institute, and The Stanford History Education Group to develop this curriculum of hands-on skills to help you evaluate the information you read online.

Has a handy checklist to help you avoid the pitfalls of Fake News.

From Cardiff University Information Literacy Resource Bank.

This open ebook is an excellent guide to evaluating information on the internet.

Features useful tips and advice on using the web critically and selectively when preparing academic work.
Duration: 5 min 53 sec.

The best of BBC reporting, education and training to help you understand the challenges posed by misinformation and fake news

The team at First Draft has pulled this guide together to help you separate the helpful from the harmful and find the reliable in the rumor mill during the current coronavirus crisis.

9 helpful tips to stop yourself from sharing false information.

Are we really in a post-truth era? Somebody on the Internet said so. Many people, actually.

NPR article with tips on hunting out the real from the fake.

Ted-ed blog post on detecting fake news.

A range of resources from Bellingcat to help you spot fake news.

Useful check list to go through before you share the wrong thing.

A wealth of resources from First Draft to help sharpen your skills in spotting misinformaiton.

An interactive online tool that give you hints on how to verify locations of images

An interactive online resource that tests you on how to verify online information.

This blog give examples of authenticity queries as prompts for discussion to help teachers integrate digital citizenship skills into the classroom.

A compiled list of fake news sites, which isn't exhaustive and may be updated at any time.

Are you trying to figure out if a website hosts fake news? Check out this list from Melissa Zimdars at Merrimack College, where she tracks current reports of websites and evaluates them for accuracy and bias.

Melissa Zimdars, assistant professor of communication and media at Merrimack College, has made a list of more than a hundred problematic news sites, along with tips for sorting the truthful from the troublesome.