Tech giant Google announced the introduction of ‘Fact-Checked’ labels and will start identifying some misleading photos in its specific search tool. This will help in confirming the authenticity of the images and curb fake news thus allowing netizens to make more informed decisions about the content they consume.
According to Mashable, the fact-check label will appear on any image that is included in an article that fact-check a photo or another claim. This new feature will help stopping the information which is not authentic and that might lead to spread of misinformation. In fact, Google used these fact-checking labels for years in its main search results and also on video streaming site YouTube.
It was also disclosed by the search giant in December that fact checks appeared more than 11 million times each day in search results. As per blog-post of Google’s product manager Harris Cohen, when a user searches for an image, some of the images will reflect a ‘Fact Check’ label just below the thumbnail of the image. Once the image is clicked for enlarging, the short summary of the fact-check will show up.
Google said, in both cases, if the fact-check article is about a specific image or the fact-check article contains that image, the fact-check label would appear. The company added that these sources rely on ClaimReview, which is an open-source method and is allowing publishers to indicate search engines that the content that has been fact-checked.