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TECHNOLOGY pornographic content or text towards the end or anywhere near the headline. You must identify the same 4- Check Author Details: This will be another significant part in detecting fake news articles. Also remember fake news stories may not even have an author, they are just programmed through software’s or made up using algorithms. Reading about the author will help you understand if that’s even a reality. The details like awards won by the author or the publication he or she works with and other details can be 136 verified on Google easily with authentic websites. 5- Read the contact us page of this website: Navigate through the contact us page on the presumed fake news site. If the website does not have a contact us page then it is established that it is a fake news site. Also if there are details given in contact us section then read through them. You will not find the contacts on this page anywhere else if its a fake news. 6- Check the website layout and look for any professionalism depicted here: WWW.WISHESH.COM | JANUARY 2018 With improper language and texts or layout, it’s seems sure that the website is fake. Also news websites have a certain font and color they follow, like usually plain fonts more of Sans serif and only in black color. For anything creative you must check it for fake news more than original news. Just check what are the other articles on this website. For a fake news website everything is about creating sensation and scandals. So reading a few of their posts will help you understand how original the website is. 7- Check their website about us page and look for other social media URLs: There are a list of websites which help in fact checking and thus preventing the spread of fake news. Some of the popular fact checking websites include Snopes, Factcheck.org, the Washington Post Fact checker and many more such. Check the viral or trending topic in these fact checking websites and see the legitimacy of the news. The about us page must show authentic information about the website and its owners. Also, has the website posted the same in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and more of social media. 8- Check the images for source: Right click on image and reverse search on Google for ori