Fact Checking

The Duke Reporters’ Lab maintains a database of global fact-checking sites. Snopes is one of the best-known, but there are others. You can use the map to explore sites around the world or use the menu below. (Here’s more how they identify fact-checkers.)

The World Health Organization has 7 tips on how to spot false information about the pandemic.

1. Assess the source
2. Go beyond headlines
3. Identify the author
4. Check the date
5. Examine the supporting evidence
6. Check your biases
7. Turn to fact-checkers (they cite the International Fact Checking Network)

Here is an animated GIF from theWorld Health Organization (WHO) from an article Let’s flatten the infodemic curve.