Google Fact Check Tools
Search publishers' fact checks of claims, by text or image.
Search the Fact Check Tools index - fact checks published by outlets worldwide (PolitiFact, AFP, Alt News…) - for claims matching a query, a specific fact-checker, or an image. Each claim carries the claimant, date, and every publisher's verdict with its article link.
Connect
| Credential field | Required | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
API key (API_KEY) | Yes | Google Cloud API key with the Fact Check Tools API enabled on its project. Sent as the key query parameter. |
Tools
| Tool | Access | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Search fact checks (yekar.google-fact-check-tools.search-claims) | Read | Search the fact-checked claims that publishers worldwide have reviewed (Google Fact Check Tools index) - each claim with its claimant, date, and every publisher's verdict and article link. Search by query, by fact-checker site, or both; paginated. |
Fact checks by image (yekar.google-fact-check-tools.image-search) | Read | Find fact checks about an image (or visually similar ones) by its public URL - the reverse-image side of the Fact Check Tools index. Alpha endpoint upstream: coverage is thinner than text search. |
Notes
- Create a (free) API key in the Google Cloud console with the Fact Check Tools API enabled - APIs & Services → Enable APIs → Fact Check Tools API, then Credentials → Create API key - and paste it to connect.
- Search by query, by a fact-checker's site (politifact.com, altnews.in…), or both; pass a languageCode to filter non-English coverage.
- Ratings ('False', 'Mostly true'…) are each publisher's own editorial verdict - attribute them when reporting, they are not ground truth.
- Results are paginated: while nextPageToken is present, call again with it as pageToken.