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Verification Handbook

A guide to verifying digital content and navigating today's (dis)information environment.

The European Journalism Centre's Verification Handbook is a guide to verifying and investigating digital content including social media accounts, bots, private messaging apps, information operations, deep fakes, as well as other forms of disinformation and media manipulation.

The Handbook targets journalists and aid providers as well as citizen reporters or anyone looking to provide accurate, fact-checked information. 

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