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# Resources: Disinformation Workshop
by Karolin Schwarz, October 5, 2023

## Tools: 

**Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer**
http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi
This tool can be used to access the metadata of a photo. Possible metadata:
* Date and time when picture was taken
* Device (mobile phone or camera type)
* Location

Note: This will not work with photos posted on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter or on messengers like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

**How to take screenshots on mobile**
Screenshots on Android Phones: https://www.wikihow.tech/Take-Screenshots-on-an-Android

Screenshots on iPhones: 
https://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-With-an-iPhone

**Reverse Image Search**

[Google](https://www.google.de/imghp)

[Yandex](https://yandex.com/images/)

[Use Case: Reverse Image Search with Google
](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SXYeUswgNE)

Browser Plugin:
Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-by-image/cnojnbdhbhnkbcieeekonklommdnndci
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/search_by_image/
Opera: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/search-by-image/

## AI Detector

**[AI or not](https://www.aiornot.com/)**

**[Bellingcat: Testing AI or not](https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/09/11/testing-ai-or-not-how-well-does-an-ai-image-detector-do-its-job/)**

**[NYT tool test](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/28/technology/ai-detection-midjourney-stable-diffusion-dalle.html)**

## Further Reading and Useful Links

[**Meta Report on Chinese Influence Operation Spamouflage (PDF)**](https://scontent-muc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.8562-6/10000000_180063885098584_6098733693167598956_n.pdf?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=ae5e01&_nc_ohc=h_tMl5NHVIoAX8rdA-k&_nc_ht=scontent-muc2-1.xx&oh=00_AfAl8gNReod8ZnSPqw8DXYCJbqGRrBEJYR9fzrxDvrn-OA&oe=65216BAE)

**[Operation Doppelganger(PDF)](https://www.disinfo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Doppelganger-1.pdf)**

### Fact-Checking

[Google's Fact-Check Explorer]([https:/](https://toolbox.google.com/factcheck/explorer))

**[More about the Truth Sandwich](https://newslit.org/tips-tools/news-lit-tip-rinse-repeat/)**

### Debunking/Verification

**A Beginner's Guide to Social Media Verification**
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2021/11/01/a-beginners-guide-to-social-media-verification/

**Verification Check Lists**
Visual Verification Guide - Photos: https://firstdraftnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/FDN_verificationguide_photos.pdf?x76701
Visual Verification Guide - Videos: https://firstdraftnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/FDN_verificationguide_videos.pdf?x76701

**[Jose Monkey YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@josemonkey)**

### Media Literacy

**Get Bad News**
https://www.getbadnews.com/
This game helps people learn about the methods and motives of bad actors spreading disinformation and has shown to be effective across age groups.


Email:
mail@karolinschwarz.de

[Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kDXlRnZm7tUiDsPG132tC9occe7ao2h9jr7B60YBWCg/edit?usp=sharing)