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Google shares five tips to spot fake news online ahead of International Fact Checking Day
Google shares five tips to spot fake news online ahead of International Fact Checking Day
Google users can check for misinformation or fake news by checking for sources of news, searching for an image online, and by viewing its full coverage.
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Google has noted that users can spot misinformation by using its tools.
Google notes that publishers have to meet certain requirements to be a trusted source of information.
Google notes that users can find out if the information presented to them online is authentic by looking for multiple sources, searching images, and fact-checkers.
Google Launches $3 Million Fund To Fight COVID-19 Vaccine MisinformationÂ
January 16, 2021
The Google News Initiative (GNI) on Tuesday announced a global open fund worth up to $3 million to fight the spread of misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines.Â
Called the COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund, this initiative is intended to support journalistic efforts to effectively fact-check misinformation about the COVID-19 immunization process that specifically seek to support audiences that are underserved by fact-checking or targeted by misinformation.Â
âThe uncertainty and developing nature of the coronavirus pandemic continues to generate related misinformation. The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is exacerbating a perennial problem of misinformation about immunization,â Alexios Mantzarlis, News and Information Credibility Lead at Google News Lab wrote in a blog post.
Google has launched a new fund that will provide up to $3 million for journalistic projects across the globe that aim to broaden the audience of fact-checked information about COVID-19 vaccines.