Fact checking in the era of Fake News
January 4, 2021

Fact checking in the era of Fake News


To identify any “Fake news” one needs to know the basic principles, the method, and the tools, but also common sense and a lot of caution. Here are the techniques that the AFP Factuel team uses every day.

The EU-supported OPEN Media Hub project developed a self-paced online course aimed to identify misinformation and fake news, understand how to verify the source, and identify false online posts.

The course duration is approximately 8 hours.

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