Many people or institutions that try to create a perception by taking advantage of the wars, which have wide-ranging effects even between the two countries, are spreading the wrong information as if it is true. So, how can we access the right information, which is of critical importance, especially in times of crisis like this? Let’s explain.
Right information, battle It is of critical importance whether we are in a crisis like this or not. With the increase in the possibilities offered by the internet, anyonebecame able to share the information he wanted. Although this made it easier to get information from reliable personalities, on the other hand, there was no information about the subject. even those who do not know made it possible to appeal to the masses.
Worse than that, even though the information now presented is inaccurate as if it were true can be displayed. The effects of false information reaching millions of people can range from internal conflicts between individuals to external conflicts. This situation, which has become widespread especially in times such as war, makes us get the right information. to confirm pushing. So how can we do this?
First of all, there are 5 factors to keep in mind when getting information from a source:
Let’s say you saw a striking news headline and headline and entered the news. It also contains striking information. At this point, put the information in question into your head. as are without placing or without sharing with others There are 5 factors that you should consider first. We can list them as follows:
- Authenticity of the page and content
- Source of content
- The date the content was created
- Location where news content occurs
- Purpose of the news
Before I go on to explain these alone is not enough let me specify. In other words, the source of original content may not be reliable. Or a piece of information you get from a trusted person may be from an old news. In this case all of the items you have to take into account.
Duplicate news gives the same information in the same way, without adding anything to it:
Yes, if two news sites are processing the same content, the key information you can get from both is the same. But a piece of content is on other news sites. exactly the same If it is published, it is mostly a move made to keep the news on the agenda rather than to deliver the news to the audience.
At this point an original language You can navigate to sites that you know use. This indicates that editors control and process information in their own unique way. That is, the probability that the information has been checked and superimposed increases.
When the source is unreliable, anyone can say what they want, and we can’t call any of them ‘lie’:
And this “guilty until proven innocentWe can compare it to the state of being. As we said at the beginning, any information pretend to be true pretty easy nowadays.
At this point, in order to prevent false information, the site where you consume the news source you can navigate to. Although some sites do not cite sources in their news, to different sites You can confirm the source.
Images from an old war can be laid out before you as if they were new:
We have seen many examples of this in the past. today’s In the Ukraine-Russia tension Even photos from old wars are used to stir things up. like new We see it being served. In order to confirm whether these images are wrong or not, we will include them in the rest of our content. Google Images You can use confirmation tools such as
Images from different places can be presented to you as if they were from the scene:
Just as images from old news are presented as new, images taken in different places may appear without you noticing. Here, for example, you can review a content shared on Instagram by selecting a location from this link, if the characteristics of the environment in the image or video can be distinguished. Google Maps and Google Earth You can provide location via
YouTube If there is a video shared over the Internet, search for the video name and by date select the sort option. This will help you review both the topicality and location accuracy of the content.
News sites may be making propaganda or trying to push you to a certain point of view: Be an objective reader.
The sources you consume the news, in line with their own goals can provide information. To give an example from the current Ukraine-Russia crisis, both sides can record the same moment and give it in different languages. At this point you have one victim and one hero It becomes news that is seen through the eyes.
Your objectivity can save you from the influence of both or push you to the side that is right. For this reason, even if you trust your sources, willingly or unwillingly You need to keep in mind that they may present false information.
Here are some methods you can use to confirm the accuracy of the information:
- Checking the accuracy of images via reverse search
- Confirming deep fake videos
- Checking the accuracy of images and videos on different platforms
You can access the information of an image shared with the reverse search method.
This is moreFirst Images ArrivedIt will be useful for the content that uses titles such as ‘. To understand the accuracy of an image shared in the said content, you can download the image or copy its link. on Google Images You just have to search. In this way, the image in question used other sites will be brought to you.
At this point, by checking the different sites where the image is used, up-to-date and accuracy you can confirm. These features are also available in different search engines.
You can come across eerily realistic videos of key personalities saying or doing things you didn’t expect.
deepfake applications are becoming more and more advanced with the development of artificial intelligence. At this point, when it falls into the hands of malicious people, manipulation We see it used for the purpose. In order not to be fooled by such situations, the videos by stopping You can follow the eye and nose movements of the people.
Or you can use applications like Sensity, Deepware or DeepFake-o-meter.
You can search images and videos on different platforms
Firstly YouTube Let’s start with a shared video. You can search for this video with the same name and see how it is shared on different channels. or job on the Internet If you want to take it to the search, you can use the YouTube DataViewer application. With this site, you can take certain frames from the video with the image you want, as we mentioned in the first article. reverse search you can do.
On Twitter, the Advanced Search section comes to your aid. Any word here is shared by account, time and date you can call. Except this just a specific expression If you want to search, you can search for the phrase you want to search, as in Google.in this wayYou can enclose ” in two quotes.
In addition, write an expression next to it with ‘filter:mediaIf you add the ‘ pattern, it contains the expression you mentioned, but containing only photos or videos shares are listed. In this way, you can review the dates of a shared content.
You can also add different words such as retweets, replies or images next to the filter pattern. per filter when you put minus (-) (like -filter:retweets) results are listed, excluding retweets.
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Although the verification methods we include in our content will greatly help you in reaching the right information, that nothing can be completely reliable You have to keep in mind too. You can also share the verification methods you use in the comments section.
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