Google to display fact-checking labels to show if news is true or false

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Who will determine whether a news item is true or false? By what criteria? This is just another tool to shut down those who tell truths about Islam and jihad and Muslim immigration that the elites don’t want you to know. I guarantee you that actual fake news outlets such as CNN, the New York Times, and BuzzFeed will never get flagged as false. Only truth-tellers will.

“Google to display fact-checking labels to show if news is true or false,” by Samuel Gibbs, Guardian, April 7, 2017:

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Google is to start displaying fact-checking labels in its search results to highlight news and information that has been vetted and show whether it is considered to be true or false, as part of its efforts to help combat the spread of misinformation and fake news.

The fact-checking feature, which was first introduced to Google News in the UK and US in October, will now be displayed as an information box in general search results as well as news search results globally.

The small snippets display information about the claim made by a particular page or site and who made the claim, as well as the results of fact checking on the highlighted claim. The fact checks are not performed by Google, but by named trusted publishers and fact-checkers using an open system to mark claims as having been checked.

Cong Yu from Google and Justin Kosslyn from fact-check partner Jigsaw said: “With thousands of new articles published online every minute of every day, the amount of content confronting people online can be overwhelming. And unfortunately, not all of it is factual or true, making it hard for people to distinguish fact from fiction.

“As we make fact checks more visible in search results, we believe people will have an easier time reviewing and assessing these fact checks, and making their own informed opinions.”

Fact check boxes will not be displayed for every search result, and only publishers that are “algorithmically determined to be an authoritative source of information” will be included in the program Google said.

The expansion comes in the wake of heavy criticism of US technology firms for their inaction over the spread of misinformation and fake news, particularly around high-profile topics such as the US election. The UK government recently urged US firms, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft, to do more to police their platforms and remove illegal and extremist content.

German chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet has also backed legislation that could lead to fines of up to €50m if social networks refuse to remove illegal content and don’t give users an effective way to report fake news and hate speech….

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Ebayer
Ebayer
6 years ago

uh huh, the psycholibs at Google are going to decide. Right. Oh how the Demotards lust for a hate speech law! They would go into orgasmic bliss if they could get their commie hooks on that!

Dr. Doomsday
Dr. Doomsday
6 years ago

Yeah, the Mountainview pixies are going to tell everyone how to think.. bunch of fascist pigs.

Bob Katt
Bob Katt
6 years ago

I always run news by Michael Moore before I believe it.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  Bob Katt

Do you have to pay him in donuts?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

This will work, as the fact checkers are know liars , anytime they approve of is automatically proven to be garbage.

skipsart
skipsart
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

I was just about to say the same thing………..;-)

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  skipsart

Ok, another case of the obvious being seen everywhere.

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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
6 years ago

You can TRUST US America !!! ………….. NOT!!!
Google is STILL Rigging Searches for Hillary Clinton, Obama and other Democrats

http://www.redstate.com/setonmotley/2016/09/05/google-still-rigging-searches-hillary-clinton/

Ari
Ari
6 years ago

Will Google be part of the MS media and the “Censorship Machine”? “Fact checkers” seem to consider some sources completely reliable, although the truth is much more complicated. Media bias and censorship are often obvious.

BBC TV news presenter Lucy Hockings in the picture.comment image

Public_Citizen
Public_Citizen
6 years ago
Reply to  Ari

“MS media and the”Censorship Machine””
Think Ministry of Truth circa 1984

enubus
enubus
6 years ago

Who is fact checking leftist Google???

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago

The very last thing I either need or want is some wing nut like Google doing my thinking for me.

NonIslmophobicAthiestPedoHater
NonIslmophobicAthiestPedoHater
6 years ago

Nice of google to admit they have an actual list of fake news sites.

Now all we have to do is only follow the stories they label as fake news for a much more honest read. Going to work until they figure that out and switch labels.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago

I’ve been trying to boycott google as much as possible.

Black Opal
Black Opal
6 years ago

Nervous, pammie? You’re going to have to start using facts in your articles! How is the comment section going to respond to that? ?

Kenek
Kenek
6 years ago

Google wants to officially join the ranks of the fake news supporters (and creators).
They already filter searches for numerous subjects in order to further the dirtiest leftest objectives “Google Hides Popular Hillary Clinton Health Searches – Breitbart”. They are just tooting their tiny lefty horn and nobody ready cares, because they have no influence on any thinking person.

Dan Roth
Dan Roth
6 years ago

Fact checking is one thing. Whose facts will Google be using?

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