1Walk it back.
Open the trail one step at a time, from where you saw it toward where it started.
Day 3 · Tracing where it came from
Follow It Back
Where did it come from, and does the story hold up?
Four posts are going around. Walk each one back, open the clues you choose, then decide what the file shows and if the caption holds up.
Day 3 · The lesson and this game
Trace it back, and use more than one check.
In the lesson, you saw that a real photo can come with a false story, and that every check can fail.
Here, you follow four posts back toward where they started. Choose which clues to open, and find another check when the trail ends.
Your investigation tools
Follow the trail. Check the story.
Open a clue to read what it shows and what it cannot settle. You choose which checks to try.
2Open the checks.
A search, the file's details, its credentials and an official source each show something. Each one can fail.
3Make two calls.
After two clues, open Your two calls. Decide about the file and the caption separately. You can return for more evidence.
No match and no credentials never prove a post is fake. Every person, account and post here is made up.