Data, privacy and safety
🔍 Spotting Misinformation and Doctored Media: Checking Claims, Images, Audio and Video
How to tell what is true online: the kinds of false and misleading content, checking a claim with lateral reading and SIFT, reverse image and video search, metadata and its limits, edited images, deepfake audio and video and what detection can and cannot do, content credentials, checking quotes, statistics and screenshots, Idaho examples, and how to correct a falsehood without spreading it.
- 1Kinds of False and Misleading ContentSort false and misleading material into plain categories (honest mistakes, deliberate lies, true-but-harmful leaks, satire, old content recirculated, missing context, fake outlets, scams), see why it spreads, who profits, and how to use the course.24 min
- 2Checking a Claim: Lateral Reading and SIFTUse Mike Caulfield's four moves (Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace to the original) and lateral reading to check a claim in minutes, including how to check an organization, find primary sources and read fact-check sites.26 min
- 3Reverse Image and Video SearchLearn how reverse image search works, run a check with several engines, crop to the part that matters, pull keyframes from a video, use archives, and read a scene for place and time, with an old-photo-recirculated worked example.26 min
- 4Metadata and Its LimitsSee what image, video and document metadata can show (camera, time, sometimes place), why it is easily stripped, edited or faked, how screenshots and social platforms change it, and how time zones trip people up.24 min
- 5Edited Images and How to Spot ThemThe common ways a photo gets changed or misused, from cropping to splicing to a swapped caption, what error level and clone clues can and cannot tell you, and why the tells for AI-generated images keep expiring.24 min
- 6Deepfake Audio and Video, and the Limits of DetectionHow voice clones, face swaps and lip-sync fakes work in plain terms, the scams that use them and the safe-word and callback defense, what detectors can and cannot do, and how to check by process instead of by gut feeling.26 min
- 7Content Credentials and Provenance (C2PA)What C2PA and Content Credentials are, who has built support for them, how to inspect a file, what a credential does and does not show, why missing credentials do not mean fake, and how to handle provenance for your own photos and publishing.24 min
- 8Checking Quotes, Statistics and ScreenshotsHow to trace a quote to where it was first said, read a statistic by its denominator and source, spot a misleading chart, and test a screenshot of a post or text message before you believe or share it.24 min
- 9Idaho Rumors and Election InformationHow rumors move through county, school and neighborhood settings, where to get election facts from the people who run elections, what Idaho law says and does not say about false election statements and manipulated media, and three invented case studies checked step by step.26 min
- 10Correcting Without Amplifying, and ReportingHow to answer a falsehood without spreading it, the truth sandwich, when to message privately, how to correct your own mistakes, where to report content, scams and election concerns, how to protect yourself from harassment, and a correction policy a newsroom or group can adopt.26 min