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Fact Checking Coronavirus

Fact checking tools and resources to help us in these challenging times

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Coronavirus fact checking Tools and Resources

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Coronavirus Search Trends - See how Coronavirus Search Trends is trending on Google right now.
COVID-19 Information & Resources – Google - Information and resources to help people stay safe, connected and informed.
COVID-19 Live Displays - The easiest way to keep track of what’s happening on social media.
Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus - Reuters maps all places where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed.
COVID-19: How we’re continuing to help - The latest developments in our ongoing global response to COVID-19 and how we’re helping people stay safe, informed and connected.
Messenger Coronavirus (COVID-19) Community Hub - Here are some ways that Messenger can help you stay together during the pandemic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impact on Web Traffic | SimilarWeb - Which industries and companies are most affected by the coronavirus? Use SimilarWeb's COVID-19 Tracker to find data and insights on consumer traffic and engagement.
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PolitiFact - PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Summary - CDC is responding to the novel (new) coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. See information on source, spread, risk assessment and the latest U.S. updates

Reality Check News – BBC News - BBC News - Reality Check
NewsGuard – The Internet Trust Tool - Get detailed ratings of more than 4000 news websites that account for 95% of online engagement with news. See ratings displayed as icons next to links on all the major search engines, social media sites, and platforms.
Action Reporter Tool | Amnesty International USA - More: NewsGuard – The Internet Trust Tool COVID-19 Live Displays InVID Verification Plugin – InVID project
InVID Verification Plugin – InVID project - A verification “Swiss army knife” helping journalists to save time and be more efficient in their fact-checking and debunking tasks on social networks.
Yandex.Images: search for images on the internet, search by image - Amusing pictures, wallpapers for your desktop, diagrams and illustrated instructions - answers to all your questions in images
Google Images - Google Images. The most comprehensive image search on the web.
TinEye Reverse Search Engine - TinEye is a reverse image search engine. Search by image: Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web
Fact Check Tools - More: InVID Verification Plugin – InVID project Action Reporter Tool | Amnesty International USA NewsGuard – The Internet Trust Tool

A Guide to Our Coronavirus Coverage - In our work fact-checking political claims and debunking viral deceptions, we have found a tremendous amount of misinformation on the coronavirus pandemic. Here's a guide to our coverage of the facts. Click on the headlines
Coronavirus: Tools and guides for journalists – First Draft - Microbiologist performs extraction of the coronavirus at the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories on Friday, March 6, 2020. Governor Tom Wolf/Flickr
The Coronavirus Collection: Snopes Fact Checks About COVID-19 - As the potentially deadly new coronavirus spread from Wuhan, China, to the rest of the world, misinformation tagged along.
Coronavirus: Information sources – First Draft - First Draft is maintaining a database of expert sources on coronavirus for journalists to contact for up-to-date information on the outbreak. This includes governmental departments and agencies for some of the worst affected countries, as well as regional and global health organisations.

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