Find the Source

The video starts with the words “FIND THE SOURCE” in large, bold white font against a solid purple background. These words are joined by small icons resembling social media posts which get covered up by a magnifying glass.

The video shows a Twitter post by Ajit Pai about a news story in which a Pakistani political official accidentally appeared with feline ears and whiskers on a live-streamed broadcast. The video recommends not relying on the headline and image in the Twitter post, but instead clicking on the article link, which in this instance, takes us to a CNN article headlined, “Accidental cat filter derails political press conference.” This allows us to see if the information comes from a trusted source.

Alternatively, if there’s no link, the video suggests entering keywords from the story into a search engine, such as Google, to find out where it originally came from.

The video concludes by advising us to visit breakthefake.ca for more fact-checking information.