The training centre of B-Empire Magazine
Fake news, doctored images, deepfakes: disinformation has never spread so fast. B-Empire Academy teaches you the methods journalists use to separate fact from fiction, and gives you a verifiable certificate.
Our courses
Professional training to verify like a newsroom: the typology of disinformation, the psychology of how it spreads, assessing sources and experts, statistics, advanced search, web archives, account analysis and writing a fact-check, through to a complete investigation carried out from start to finish.
Professional training in visual verification, as practised on newsroom verification desks: a typology of manipulations, advanced reverse image search, EXIF metadata with ExifTool, forensic analysis and its limits, geolocation, chronolocation, satellite imagery, video verification and a complete end-to-end investigation, through to the verification report.
Professional training to assess AI-generated images, videos, voices and texts: understand the models, inspect methodically, read provenance data (C2PA, watermarks), thwart cloned-voice and video-call fraud, cover political deepfakes without amplifying them and build a protection protocol for your organisation.
The professional rules of journalism: accuracy, independence, source protection, right of reply and respect for people.
Coming soonFor companies and institutions: detect a rumour, assess its reach, respond quickly and accurately, protect your reputation.
Coming soonHow it works
Free, in 30 seconds. Your name will appear on your certificates.
Short, practical lessons, each validated by a quiz.
Score at least 80% on the course’s final exam.
Numbered, verifiable online, ready to add to your LinkedIn profile.
Why now
A rumour shared by mistake can damage a reputation, a business or an election. Generative AI can now produce a convincing photo, voice or video in seconds.
Journalists verify before they publish. Our courses make these methods accessible to everyone: students, communication professionals, teachers, content creators and citizens.
Every certificate carries a unique number and a QR code. Employers and clients can confirm it is genuine on our verification page.