Verification, fact checking, information tools, databases and archives

Description

Internet Archive is a library of millions of free books, movies, programs, music, websites and more. Don't forget to check The Wayback Machine and Archive.is.

AskTheEU.org is an online platform for citizens to send access to documents requests directly to EU institutions.

Following a bitcoin trail or following a bitcoin account ?

Collaborative fact-checking. User guide, Bellingcat’s Check team

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe. The link is for their database.

Search engine for journalists to find experts (currently only academics in USA and Canada), contact information on page, no login, 30k experts listed.

Search fact checks about a topic or person

Create search strings on topics sent to your email.

Go to a world of data and create high quality graphics.

Check impact on searches. You can set several keywords against each other to find out which one generated the most search.

HARO connects journalists seeking expertise to include in their content with sources who have that expertise. Post a query and experts reply, mainly USA and Canada, quality of replies is hit or miss.

Hoaxy is a tool that visualizes the spread of articles online. Articles can be found on Twitter, or in a corpus of claims and related fact checking.

Helps you to analyse the veracity of online media

Database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.

The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.

Search multiple pastebins for data leaks etc.

Snopes is a fact-checking resource. It's the oldest and largest fact-checking site online, widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and readers as an invaluable research companion.

A collection of the most useful public data sources for investigative journalism compiled by OCCRP researchers.

A great place to go to find tools to verify digital information.

Get answers from the government and public sector in the UK

Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine.