Fact-checking isn’t enough. We need people to stand up for the truth.

Fact-checking just requires a little patience, some critical thinking and a few basic skills. (stock.adobe.com)

How do you decide what information is true and what is false on the internet? It’s a question I often get from people when they learn what I do. I’m a fact-checker.

For more than eight years, I have been sifting through the nonstop flood of rumors, lies, fake photos and digitally altered videos that clog up our social media feeds so I can help determine what is true and what is false.