The new program was first tested in October, when Google gave publishers in certain countries the ability to show a Fact Check tag in Google’s News section. The feature highlighted reputable articles that assessed the accuracy of statements by public figures. Now, that feature has been expanded worldwide, with fact-checking tags appearing in Google’s main search results as well in as the News section.
“For the first time, when you conduct a search on Google that returns an authoritative result containing fact checks for one or more public claims, you will see that information clearly on the search results page,” reads the Google blog. “The snippet will display information on the claim, who made the claim, and the fact check of that particular claim.”
A network of 115 fact-checking organizations will provide the accuracy assessment for dubious articles, rather than Google providing the fact-checking service itself. As a result, Google searches based on the same claim could return different takes on the story’s accuracy or inaccuracy from different fact-checkers. But even with differing takes on a given story’s accuracy, Google hopes that the range of opinions from different sources will give users an idea of the “degree of consensus” on any dubious claims.
Of course, some fake news readers will likely continue to reject the truth in favor of a fake news article that seems to support their pre-existing biases. But while Fact Check won’t eliminate the problem of fake news completely, Forte thinks that Google’s new tool is an important step in fighting the proliferation of misinformation on the web.
“Asking companies like Google and Facebook to think about these problems and do what they can to address them is a start, because designing to help people make good judgments should be a basic consideration in the design of all information systems,” says Forte. “But it doesn’t go far enough. We need both technological and social solutions. Both good design and education.”
Article Appeared @http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0407/Google-rolls-out-new-Fact-Check-tool-worldwide-to-combat-fake-news
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