pcworld : Google News battles era of spin with fact check label

Google News battles era of spin with fact check label

Google is making it easier to cut through Internet nonsense with a new Google News tag purpose-built for our era of discontent, fake news stories on social media, and flat-out lies.The search giant says you will soon see a "Fact Check" tag next to appropriate news stories in the expanded story box on Google News.The new tag is rolling out to the U.S. and U.K. editions of the Google News website, as well as the Google News & Weather apps for Android and iOS.

Google News launches fact check label

Image copyright Getty ImagesGoogle has launched a new feature, fact check, which will add a label next to news stories in search results.Fact check will appear with other news organisations in Google News and will, Google says, "shine a light on its efforts to divide fact from fiction".Richard Gingras, Google's head of news, added it will "help readers find fact checking in large news stories".

Google News introduces fact checking tag just in time for the election

Thanks in no small part to the upcoming election and the accusations being thrown around by all involved, fact-checking has become more important than ever.As such, Google is adding a fact check tag to articles on news.google.com, where they will appear in the expanded story box, and on the Google News & Weather iOS and Android apps.The feature joins existing tags used by Google's news service, such as Opinion, In-depth, Highly Cited, and the recently added Local Source.