By Thinkedu
Five gates to verify any claim, from origin to independent proof. 12 CPD points.
Purchase Course to BeginInstructor: Brad Lyons
Course Type: EXACT methodology for Identifying Disinformation
Course Fee: $2,800 +GST
Ways to Learn: Online
EXACT trains investigators to verify photos, videos, posts, and articles quickly and defensibly. You will apply the EXACT methodology in real scenarios: Extract the claim, Cross-origin lineage, Authenticity tests, Coherence checks, and Triangulation. The focus is on skill, not ideology: clear process, repeatable outcomes, and audit-ready notes.
Through practical labs, you will isolate claims, trace first appearance, run lightweight media forensics and geolocation, perform logic tests, and secure independent corroboration. You will classify outcomes as likely authentic, misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, or unverified.
Legal and ethical handling, evidence logging, and defensible reporting are built into each module. You also get access to on-platform tools, including the EXACT Verification Tool and the one-click Quick-Check Matrix for classroom drills.
Learning Outcomes:
Search and filter to find exactly what you need.
For authorized testing of your own sites and clients that gave written permission.
Zoom into any image to reveal edits and anomalies using a forensic loupe, channel views, edge detection, ELA, and noise maps.
Scan PDFs locally for risky features and via VirusTotal multi-engine analysis.
Detect and optionally clean malicious scripts, event handlers, and unsafe links in SVGs.
Assess compliance of default listings with Privacy Act & CR Code before reporting to a CRB.
Evaluate legality, proportionality, and likely recovery before commencing proceedings.
Check allowed and prohibited actions when a debtor is bankrupt or under a Part IX/X agreement.
Compute hashes, verify your own data, and follow safe storage practices. No cracking. No reverse lookups.
Visualise relationships between people by shared phones, emails, addresses, ABNs, websites, and any extra identifiers you include.
Assess complaints through a structured risk framework aligned with AFCA principles.
International Dialing Code Tool with Location stats.
Compute minutes, costs, P2P, SoL, and collector quality; visualize with charts and export CSV.
Customisable world clock dashboard with Daylight savings alerts
