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Fake News

Getting Started

Top databases for Fake News

Factiva This link opens in a new window
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Books and Articles about Fake News

Discovery
Books and articles on fake news.
Use the facets on the left to limit the results.

Publications by IESE Faculty on fake news:
Articles
Publications
IESE Insight

Factiva
News on the fake news phenomenon in corporate and industry.
APA PsychArticles
Academic articles on misinformation from the psychological point of view.
WARC
Articles, research papers, news and opinions about how fake news affect brands and marketing.

Statistics on Fake News Worldwide

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Reports on Technology to Detect Fake News

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How to Detect Fakes in a Zero-Trust World Using Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain

Case Studies about Fake News

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International Organizations and Misinformation

EU. Shaping Europe’s digital future
The Commission is tackling the spread of online disinformation and misinformation to ensure the protection of European values and democratic systems.

European Digital Media Observatory

IFLA. Infographics on How to Spot Fake News

UNESCO. Journalism, ‘Fake News’ and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training

First Draft’s Essential Guide to Understanding Information Disorder

Organizations Studying Disinformation

FirstDraft News

Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

Poynter. Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) Code of Principles

Fact-Checking Sites

Duke Reporter’s Lab
Database of global fact-checking sites. You can use the map to explore sites around the world.
EDMO Map. Fact-checking activities.
Comprehensive “map” of fact checking initiatives in the EU (and in the UK).
BBC Fake News
EFE Verifica
FactCheck.org
Maldita
Newsguard
Snopes

News Bias Comparators

AllSides
Provides balanced news from resources on the left, center, and right of the political spectrum, all contained on one page for easy comparison.
FAIR
US media watchdog group, FAIR specializes in critiquing media bias and censorship, with an emphasis on promoting diverse, dissenting media viewpoints.

Detecting Fake Images

Google Images
Search Google with an image instead of text.
InVid
Knowledge verification platform that helps detect emerging stories and assess the reliability of newsworthy video files and content spread via social media.
TinEye
Reverse Image Search – helps to find where images appear online.