Make a share-or-hold decision
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A media-verification packet with a claim map, provenance trail, cue log, independent-channel check, claim-specific verdicts, and a share-or-hold note.
Keep your working files in your own notebook or software. Save a private description, checklist, and work link in My Proof.
What to include
- Extract the event, place, time, and consequence claims.
- Trace the fictional media history and separate reposts from independent sources.
- Record cues with alternative explanations and detector limits.
- Verify the request through a separately established channel.
- Write claim-specific verdicts and a private sharing decision.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Observations remain separate from inferred causes.
- Source history and independent evidence are accurately traced.
- Verdicts distinguish contradicted claims from unknown production methods.
- The final action avoids unsupported claims and unnecessary amplification.
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The idea in everyday life
Final case P3: a clip claims the club canceled tomorrow’s event. Origin unknown; no reliable visual verdict; a previously saved official club notice says “Event continues at 4 p.m., room 3.” Three reposts cite the same unknown account. Task: prepare a private verification note and a corrected class-status sentence. Do not publish or contact anyone.
The goal is a responsible action, not winning an authenticity guessing game.
Make a share-or-hold decision: guided practice
The goal is a responsible action, not winning an authenticity guessing game.
Use paper or a free local text editor. This is an original fictional practice case; do not submit its records to a real service. Start this lesson with these facts, even if an earlier variation changed them. Final case P3: a clip claims the club canceled tomorrow’s event. Origin unknown; no reliable visual verdict; a previously saved official club notice says “Event continues at 4 p.m., room 3.” Three reposts cite the same unknown account. Task: prepare a private verification note and a corrected class-status sentence. Do not publish or contact anyone.
1. Inventory evidence
List claim, origin, independent notice, and repeated-source limitation.
You should see: Unknown clip origin; three dependent reposts; official notice confirms continuation.
A compact record prevents popularity from replacing corroboration.
2. Assign verdicts
Separate operational claim from production method.
You should see: Cancellation contradicted; synthetic origin unverified.
The action can be clear even when the technical origin is unresolved.
3. Choose the action
Select hold for the misleading clip and draft a supported replacement sentence.
You should see: Hold the clip. Draft: the official notice lists the event at 4 p.m. in room 3.
Shareable information should point to the reliable notice rather than amplify the false clip.
4. Assemble the packet
Combine claim map, source trail, cue log, independent verification plan, verdict table, and sharing note.
You should see: A six-part media verification packet with uncertainty preserved and no real personal data.
A complete investigation can end with a hold or unresolved origin.
What to finish
Make a share-or-hold decision record with the worked decisions and changed-case check.
Watch for this
Reposting misleading or identifying content unnecessarily while trying to correct it.
How can I tell I understand it?
Build a verification note and choose a proportionate sharing action. Explain the evidence behind the result and correct any mismatch.
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Go to the knowledge checkOptional course overview video · same video as Lesson 1
Election Misinformation Symposium: Fighting Misinfo Through Fact-checking and Deepfake Detection
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