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We aren’t always sitting in front of a computer when we see photos that ring alarm bells. Maybe the photo makes you joyful, angry or sad, and the caption says you should share it far and wide. But the story might be too good to be true, and you’re right to want to double-check. Here’s how you can verify and trace a photo back to its origin using only your smartphone.
If you have a computer handy and want to verify an image that way, check out this guide.
You can find many useful apps to verify images in the Google Play Store (for Android) or the Apple Store (for iPhone). Check out some examples by clicking here or here.
Take a closer look in the video below at how we were able to find the origin – in less than 30 seconds – of a photo supposedly showing terrorists arrested in Mali.
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