verification of inforamtion tools for journalists

© О.С.Хоменок

Verification of text info


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

https://content-watch.ru/text/

http://text.ru/antiplagiat

https://www.antiplagiat.ru/

http://plagiarismcheck.org/

https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism






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

https://archive.org/web/

http://archive.is/


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/

https://pipl.com/

http://graph.tips/

http://www.spokeo.com/


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

http://snitch.name/

http://snitch.name/

http://snitch.name/

http://snitch.name/

http://www.peekyou.com/




https://namechk.com/




https://foller.me/

http://twiangulate.com/search/

http://app.teachingprivacy.com/






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.

http://spyonweb.com/

http://sameid.net/

http://whois.domaintools.com/

http://website.informer.com/


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


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?


Check the place


Check what is around?


Find the phone


Find the company

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

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


Photo verification


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/

https://www.google.com/maps



http://wikimapia.org/

http://www.panoramio.com/

http://www.yomapic.com/



https://www.picodash.com/

http://ban.jo/discovery/




Tool for verification

http://verify.org.ua/

http://verify.org.ua/


Thank you!

Олег Хоменок, [email protected]

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