COVID-19 misinformation

Resources about COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation.

Fact checking sites

All of these resources are ideal for those of us short of time and need quick, snappy answers.

• BBC Reality Check.
• Channel 4 Fact Check.
• The Ferret Fact Service is Scotland’s first non-partisan fact checking service.
• Science Media Centre.
• Full Fact is an independent, nonpartisan team of independent fact checkers. Chat with Full Fact on WhatsApp.
• International Fact Checking Network has a database of fact checks on COVID-19 from around the world.
• Sense about Science is an independent charity that champions the public interest in sound science.
• If you have a bit more time the charity’s Ask for Evidence tool offers guidance to allow you to check a claim yourself.

Misinformation and COVID-19

Check out misleading/false claims on social media around COVID-19.

Guidance on how to fact-check claims around COVID-19.

Social media and apps to fight misinformation

Three quick ways to verify images on a smartphone explains how to check if an image you have seen on social media is real.

How to reduce the spread of false information on Instagram.

A comprehensive list of online tools to combat disinformation from the RAND Corporation Fighting Disinformation Project.