Google Adds Fact-Checking To Images In Bid To Combat Fake News

Google Adds Fact-Checking To Images In Bid To Combat Fake News

Google said Monday it was adding fact-check labels to images as part of its efforts to stem visually misleading information.

Google showed how the fact-check system works with an illustration of a widely circulated set of images which showed — falsely — sharks were swimming in the streets of Houston after a 2017 hurricane. “Starting today, we are surfacing fact check information in Google Images globally to help people navigate these issues and make more informed judgments about what they see on the web.”“Now, when you search on Google Images, you may see a ‘Fact Check’ label under the thumbnail image results,” Cohen said.

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