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How to Verify Content & Discover Content

Jieyab edited this page Sep 25, 2024 · 1 revision

How to Verify Content & Discover Content

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In the search for content, there is a need for verification, is it true or not? You can apply 5W+1H if you have studied Bahasa Indonesian subjects at school then you are familiar with this term. If you want to know more check Intel Base Knowledge Jieyaboo Here's how to verify some content

Video

The video verification process involves answering the following questions:

  • What happens in the video?
  • Where did the event take place?
  • When did the event occur?
  • Who created the video?
  • How did this happen?

The special thing about video is that you have loads of images (frames), time and sound. The audio in a video can be an important source of information!

Tips

  • Watch a video frame-by-frame to see more details
  • Turn off the sound when you watch the video several times; it helps you to focus
  • Check on the content for example there is a face? Building? Road? Events such as disasters? War? or physical characteristics of a particular region

Image

The image verification process involves answering the following questions:

  • What happens in the image?
  • Where did the event take place?
  • When did the event occur?
  • Who created the image?

How did this happen?

Tips

  • Look at all details in the image before you start digging.
  • If it looks too good to be true, there might be something fishy about it
  • Check on the content for example there is a face? Building? Road? Events such as disasters? War? or physical characteristics of a particular region

Audio

The audio verification process involves answering the following questions:

  • What happens in the audio?
  • Where did the event take place?
  • When did the event occur?
  • Who created the audio?

Tips

  • Good to know
  • Close your eyes and use good headphones to listen carefully
  • Listen carefully what and how something is being said
  • Check the deepfake beware about deepfake

Source

The source verification process involves answering the following questions:

  • Who is the source?
  • What does the source share and claim has happened?
  • Where can you contact the source?
  • When did the event occur that the source shared?
  • How is the source connected to the event?

Tips

  • Think about the motivation of the source. Why was this information published?
  • Contact the person to get a statement, more information of the event or even the original files
  • Think critically and find out more, extract what is in the source, find out and look for other sources, are there any differences? If it contains events look in satellite data, social media and others

Text

The text verification process involves answering the following questions:

  • What happens in the text?
  • Where was the content published?
  • When did the event occur?
  • Who created the text?

Tips

  • Good to know
  • Never trust a screenshot of text because it is very easy to manipulate
  • Ask yourself if the text is plausible, does it make any sense?
  • Doing text intelligence, what is this like from AI, Plagiarism? Created by bots and others, you can do scrapping to analyze such as sentiment, latency of the post and others

Synthetic Media

Detecting and verifying synthetic media is a complex task. Fast advancements in technology make it even more challenging. Here are tips to identify AI generated media:

  • Ask yourself, does it make senses what you see, hear or read?
  • Find inconsistencies or artifacts in the media
  • Train yourself and sharpen your senses
  • Use technology-assisted tools designed for detecting synthetic content
  • Seek expert analysis from specialists
  • And of course, the usual verification workflow of answering the W-questions applies here:

What happens here?

  • Where did the event take place?
  • When did the event occur?
  • Who created this content?

Tips

  • Good to know
  • Follow experts and tech journalists on the latest developements in generative AI
  • Explore generative AI tools to understand their possibilities and limitations better

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