In October, Google introduced the fact check label for articles in Google news searches that fit its labeling recs. It was a small step in what would turn out to a protracted, multi-front battle–in advertising, education, social media–against fake news, one that still continues. This Friday, Google expanded its own fact-checking offerings by applying the label and more to Google searches, rather than merely Google news articles.
A Google search for a specific claim, for example, will not only turn up results for where that claim has been made, but a saved-you-a-click result about the claim’s authenticity, if one exists from fact-checking sites like FactCheck.org.
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