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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/