2 days agoGoogle and YouTube invest $13m in fact checking
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Google and YouTube are putting pressure on the fight against dezinformation by investing $1.2m to support the International Fact Control Network (IFCN), which is responsible for opening a fund, the Global Fact Control Fund, which attracts 135 organisations from 65 countries fighting dezination in over 80 languages. [...]
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The Google-subventional Global Fact Control Fund will be operational in 2023 and will lead to some innovation in the services of the American giant.
Among the results of research, for example, verification articles regarding search for users will be highlighted so that we can immediately have a context mirror.
The same will be true of YouTube, where a fact checking box will appear in the results section, if it is in line with the requested video. Besides the titles you will see an original extract of the text along with the assessment verified by independent organisations”, the company explains.
All of this thanks to the foct Checker Explorer, which comes from a global database of 150,000 reliable sources. In the case of important news, in terms of current news and events, YouTube will be able to display a panel called "Breaking News," to report information from sources that match Google News guidelines. A?
Since 2018, Google News Initiative has invested an estimated $75m in projects and partnerships dedicated to strengthening media education and combating dezinforms worldwide. /Ansa
