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Media
Judiciary

Verification plugin – WeVerify

Media Country or Region Italy
Sourced From
JournalismAI The London School of Economics and Political Science (2025) 'JournalismAI'. Available at: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI (Accessed March 2025).
The WeVerify Verification Plugin is a browser extension that provides tools for journalists, fact-checkers, and researchers to verify the authenticity of online content. It includes features like image context analysis, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and social network analysis, along with tools to search for disinformation. For example, it helps art recovery by cross-checking images and matching them against a database of known fakes.
Newsgathering and Fact-Checking

Data Gathering (Open-source intelligence tools, Geospatial data platforms, Public record datasets) Data Verification (Fact-checking, Reverse-image search, Source tracing) Social Media Mining (Automated filtering, Pattern identification) Hazard Monitoring and Warning Systems

#analyze Leverage advanced analysis features like image and GIF forensic tools to examine online content more deeply. This includes features such as matching images against a database of known fakes to assess their authenticity.
#inform Equip your users with powerful fact-checking tools by providing access to image context, network analysis, and credibility assessments directly from the plugin. This enhances the verification process and helps to detect misinformation in real-time.
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Deployment Type
Cloud-Based AI Service & API
Community Moderation
Does not require community manager
Difficulty Level
Requires developer
License
Open-source
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