The sharing of false information can harm, consider the following when checking the reliability of information online:

• Are there signs that the original image has been photoshopped or altered? You can check whether an image has been used before on the web and elsewhere by doing a ‘reverse image search’ on Google.

• Is there any other information to support what you are being told? Check a fact-checking site such as Full Fact.

• Has the information has come from a reliable source? Check the author and the website it is coming from.

• Is the information recent or is an old story being dragged up to support a narrative that there is a certain problem happening now?

• Is the headline accurate? Read beyond the headlines to get the whole story.

• Is a user/account online sharing stories selectively?