CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 WHAT IS FACT-CHECKING 5 DYNAMICS OF FACT-CHECKING WHY DO FACTS MATTER? 5 5 WHAT CAN BE FACT-CHECKED? 6 WHAT CAN YOU FACT-CHECK? 6 TIPS TO SPOT FAKE NEWS 7 WHY DO PEOPLE CREATE FAKE NEWS? 7 HOW DOES MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION SPREAD? VERIFYING IMAGES AND VIDEOS 8 WHAT IS REVERSE IMAGE VERIFICATION? 9 COMMON REVERSE IMAGE VERIFICATION TOOLS 9 OTHER VERIFICATION TOOLS 9 FINDING ACCURATE INFORMATION ONLINE AND OFFLINE FINDING RELIABLE DATA ONLINE 10 12 FINDING RELIABLE DATA ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 13 THINGS TO NOTE WHEN FINDING THE ACCURACY OF DATA 13 FACT-CHECKING STEPS 14 PRE-BUNKING – FACT SHEETS AND FACT GUIDES CONCLUSION 16 REFERENCES 18 16 8