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Hostile governments, and ideological factions spend millions to flood your news and social media with known untruths about what’s happening in Ukraine.

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TinEye – Reverse Image Search

TinEye – Reverse Image Search

One common fake news tactic is to use an old or unrelated image to “prove” a claim about a breaking event. Is the image in a news story really related to the event it claims? Use this powerful tool to check where and when an image has previously appeared across the internet.
Video games & reality: How to tell the difference? – Truth or Fake

Video games & reality: How to tell the difference? – Truth or Fake

Soldiers fighting… missiles destroying tanks… war scenes in full splendor. Footage from video games is so realistic that it is often used to portray real-life war scenes.