Master Fact-Checking
in the Age of Fake News
Learn to verify images, videos, and claims using professional tools. Combat misinformation and build digital literacy skills that matter in every field.
Why This Course Matters
Misinformation is one of the biggest threats of our time. This course gives you the tools to fight back.
Fake news spreads 6x faster than real news. Learn to spot and stop it before it causes harm.
Misinformation fuels panic, violence, and distrust. Your skills protect the people around you.
Essential for journalists, researchers, social media managers, educators, and anyone in public life.
AI-generated images and videos are exploding. Learn to detect them before they fool you.
Course Modules
6 modules · 12 classes · Each class is 1 hour of focused, hands-on learning
Module 1Introduction & Basics of Fact-Checking2 Classes · Weeks 1
Class 1: Why Fact-Checking Matters
- Understanding misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation
- Why fake news spreads (psychology & algorithms)
- Real-life consequences: health, politics, conflict
- Case studies: Viral fake news in Bangladesh, Türkiye & the US
🎯 Activity: Analyze 5 viral posts and identify suspicious signs
Class 2: Tools & Mindset of a Fact-Checker
- Skeptical mindset: “Trust but verify”
- First steps in verification: 5Ws & H
- Fact-checking workflow: Claim → Source → Evidence → Verdict
- Overview of tools: Google, InVID, TinEye, Snopes, AFP FactCheck
🎯 Activity: Mini fact-checking game — verify 3 short claims
Module 2Image & Video Verification2 Classes · Week 1
Class 3: Reverse Image Search
- Reverse image search: Google Images, Yandex, Bing, TinEye
- Cropping, flipping, and searching image sections
- Metadata basics (EXIF data)
🎯 Activity: Debunk 3 fake images using reverse image search
Class 4: Video Verification
- Breaking a video into keyframes (InVID, Amnesty YouTube Dataviewer)
- Checking upload date and original source
- Deepfakes & AI-generated videos: early detection signs
🎯 Activity: Verify one viral video together, then work on 2 different clips
Module 3Social Media Verification2 Classes · Week 2
Class 5: Verifying Social Media Accounts
- Spotting fake/bot accounts (profile picture, posting pattern, followers)
- Twitter/X, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram verification methods
- Cross-checking information with credible sources
🎯 Activity: Investigate 3 suspicious accounts and decide real/fake
Class 6: Geolocation & Context Verification
- Using Google Maps, Street View & Earth for location verification
- Weather, time, shadows for event verification
- Cross-checking events with local media reports
🎯 Activity: Verify where a photo was really taken
Module 4Advanced Verification2 Classes · Week 2
Class 7: Deepfake & AI Image Detection
- Common signs of AI-generated content (hands, lighting, background errors)
- Tools for AI-detection: Hive, Illuminarty, AI or Not
- Ethical challenges of AI in misinformation
🎯 Activity: Spot the AI — identify real vs AI-generated images
Class 8: Data & Statistics Fact-Checking
- Misleading statistics and manipulated charts
- Checking reports & surveys (source, methodology, bias)
- Using official databases: UN, WHO, World Bank
🎯 Activity: Fact-check 3 viral stats from social media
Module 5Practical Fact-Checking2 Classes · Week 3
Class 9: Fact-Checking in Breaking News
- How misinformation spreads in crises (wars, disasters, elections)
- Speed vs. accuracy dilemma
- Step-by-step crisis fact-checking workflow
🎯 Activity: Simulate a breaking news situation and fact-check live
Class 10: Writing a Fact-Check Report
- Anatomy of a fact-check article: Claim → Process → Verdict
- Neutral language and evidence presentation
- Rating systems: True, False, Misleading, Partly True
🎯 Activity: Each student writes a short fact-check report on one claim
Module 6Ethics, Practice & Final Project2 Classes · Week 3
Class 11: Ethics & Responsibility
- Legal & ethical issues in fact-checking
- Avoiding amplification of misinformation
- Transparency: showing your sources and process
- Collaboration with platforms & other fact-checkers
🎯 Debate: “Should fact-checkers debunk everything, or ignore some fakes?”
Class 12: Final Project & Presentation
- Students present their own fact-check investigation
- Peer review and feedback
- Key takeaways, resources, and next steps
🎓 Outcome: Course completion certificate awarded
What You’ll Be Able to Do
By the end of this course, you will have real, practical skills
- Identify, verify, and debunk misinformation on social media
- Use professional fact-checking tools and workflows
- Write and present fact-checking reports with proper verdicts
- Detect deepfakes and AI-generated images and videos
- Verify locations, accounts, data, and breaking news in real time
- Understand the ethics and responsibilities of fact-checking
Your Instructor
Lead Instructor — Fact-Checking & Digital Verification
Course Fee
Everything included — 12 live sessions, practical exercises, and course certificate
- 3 weeks · 12 live online classes
- 2 classes per week, 1 hour each
- Hands-on activities in every class
- Professional fact-checking tools training
- Final project & peer review session
- Course completion certificate
Start Fighting Misinformation Today
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