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Verification of inforamtion tools for journalists

Jan 20, 2017

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Page 1: Verification of inforamtion tools for journalists

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Verification of text info

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Primary source or repost?

• Find first publication of text (advanced Google search).  

• Find copies or sources of text: – For Cyrillic 

• https://content-watch.ru/text/ • http://text.ru/antiplagiat • https://www.antiplagiat.ru/ 

– For English  • Plagiarismcheck.org • Grammarly Plagiarism Checker

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Primary source or repost?

• Check on WaybackMachine if the text had been changed

• If the page had been deleted check it on Google cache.

• To save the page you can use archive.is

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Who had published the text?

• If the author is know:– Is the profile authentic?– Is there any additional info at the profile/account?

• Look for the person presence on the web– https://pipl.com/ – http://graph.tips/ – http://www.spokeo.com/ 

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Who had published the text?• Try to find person social networks accounts 

– http://snitch.name/ – http://www.peekyou.com/ – https://namechk.com/ 

• Check the Twitter-account (professional background, connections, geography)– Foller.me– Twiangulate– Ready Or Not

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Who had published the text?

• Check the information about the wed-site– SpyOnWeb shows Google Analytics IDs– SameID shows sites using the same ID–Who.is shows info about the domain name owner 

–Website Informer  also gives a lot of info.

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When the event happened?

• If exact date and time is known:– Check the similar info by date

• If the time and date is not known:– Try to find  similar texts by keywords

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Neighbors’ check  

Four steps:– Locate the place– Check the addresses of houses– Find phone numbers of people or offices ariound

– Call and ask: what is going on around?

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Check the place

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Check what is around?

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Find the phone

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Find the company

• http://www.spr.ua/map/donetsk-i-donetskiy/ 

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Photo verification

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Location 

• Check the location– Google Maps –Wikimapia– Panoramio 

• Search the photos from the same place – http://www.yomapic.com/ – https://www.picodash.com/ – http://ban.jo/discovery/

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Tool for verification

http://verify.org.ua/ 

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Thank you!

Олег Хоменок, [email protected] 

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