Right now, large amounts of information about the war in Ukraine are being spread on social media.
A clip that has been widely circulated on both Twitter and Tiktok is what is said to be Russian paratroopers just before they storm Kiev airport.
Upon closer inspection, it has been established that this is not the case.
The clip is dated several days before the invasion of Ukraine.
In order to decide for yourself as a social media user whether what is said and shown in the clip is true, the journalist and fact reviewer Åsa Larsson recommends searching for so-called keywords.
Keywords are based on what you see in the clip, image or text content and what is said about it.
In the case of the paratroopers, these could be, for example: "Russian paratroopers" "assault" "Kyiv" "airport".
If you also add "fact check", fact check, you can see if previous fact reviews have been done, according to Larsson.
- In this way, you can find several sources around the statement and you get access to work done by those who work with reviewing facts, she says.
In the clip, journalist and fact reviewer Åsa Larsson gives her best tips on how to think before sharing information on social media.