
Evaluation Tools
Tools to Debunk False Information
- Google, or your preferred search engine: Do a simple search for the website. The top links are generally news articles about how the website or article is a hoax.
- ScamBusters.org: Urban Legends and Hoaxes Resource Center
- Snopes.com
Great Fakes
- Commerce
- Government
- History
- News (most are mature)
- Photography
- About.com Hoax Quiz
- The World Before Photoshop: Fake And Doctored Pictures Throughout History (not a hoax, but a great article related to altered photography throughout history)
- Science & Environment
Additional Reading
- Bradely, Phil. Fake websites or spoof websites. Examples of false sites to aid in evaluating internet resources, Phil Bradley's website, 2012.
- Kirchner, Lauren. Detecting Fake Photos with Digital Forensics, Columbia Journalism Review, March 23 2011.
- Titlow, John Paul. Disgruntled Canadian Developer Behind Internet Explorer IQ "Study" Hoax, ReadWriteWeb, August 3 2011.