# How to separate fact and fiction online

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon London Fall 2012
- Speaker: Markham Nolan
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/markham_nolan_how_to_separate_fact_and_fiction_online)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

By the end of this talk, there will be 864 more hours of video on YouTube and 2.5 million more photos on Facebook and Instagram. So how do we sort through the deluge? At the TEDSalon in London, Markham Nolan shares the investigative techniques he and his team use to verify information in real-time, to let you know if that Statue of Liberty image has been doctored or if that video leaked from Syria is legitimate.

## Lectures

1. [How to separate fact and fiction online](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/markham_nolan_how_to_separate_fact_and_fiction_online/0021479f5396), 14 min (TED's player)