Last updated on 12 May 2026
The web carries the best as well as the worst. In the second category, we find of course hoaxes and fake news or fake news. It is sometimes harmless but it is better to have good reflexes to avoid falling into the panel of the latest hoax (or hoax in English) in fashion.
If everything is not serious Conspiracy Theories Peddled by well-organized groups, the reflexes are the same. Caution is always required before relaying information from the web or social networks.
Here are three public utility sites that will help you unravel the truth from the false. Three sites to find fake news and other fake news.
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1 -Hoaxbuster.
If there is only one left. Hoaxbuster is the veteran and the absolute reference in this matter. The site's animators have been tracking rumors circulating on the Internet for years. Health, environment, politics, … company browsing the sections of the site allows you to immerse yourself in all these rumours that we heard one day and that we sometimes believed …
The site also offers a search engine effective enough to chase the last hearsay in this large trunk of rumors. For each of them, Hoaxbuster classifies them into three categories. True / False or true AND false.
Link: Hoaxbuster
2 – HoaxKiller
Minimalist interface for this other Hoax engine which also tries to list the largest number of rumours circulating on the net. HoaxKiller offers a simple window in which you will be able to simply write the rumor you want to check. Like Hoaxbuster, its database is regularly enriched with false information spotted by the readers themselves.
Link: Hoaxkiller
3- The decoders of the World
The press is also not immune to hoaxes and fake news. The major editorial offices have thus set up cells specialising in fact checking. This is the case of the newspaper Le Monde, which initiated this movement in the press. Decoders have become a reference. A deserved success. The site offers regular monitoring of the information that is buzzing in France and abroad. A must-have for news rumors.
Link: The decoders
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There is also the factoscope,
political fackcheking aggregation tool that also produces original factcheking
http://rattrapages-actu.fr/factoscope
Agence France-Presse’s fact-checking website responds to the proliferation of false information on all media.
On this website, AFP journalists factually disprove lies and half-truths. They also provide the context without which information lacks meaning, or even leads to misunderstanding. https://factuel.afp.com/
Thank you very much Muriel. Of course, the Afp has its place in this small list of resources to find fakes.