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While we can definately argue that this is "too little too late", I'm thankful that they do something.

Google has given €150,000 to three UK organisations working on fact-checking projects to help journalists and the public avoid falling for fake stories and bogus claims.

The funding announcement comes amid heated debate about the role of companies such as Facebook and Google in spreading fake stories that some claim influenced the results of the US election.

The money is part of a €24m (£20.5m) round of funding from Google’s digital news initiative, which backs innovative projects in news across Europe.

UK fact-checking charity Full Fact is being given €50,000 to work on an automated tool aimed primarily at journalists, called Factchecking Automation and Claim Tracking System (Facts).

Full Fact says the system will be “the first fully automated fact-checking tool” which will “recognise claims in political debates and online media and immediately alert journalists if they are inaccurate”.

Will Moy, Full Fact’s director, said growing unease around fake news was creating more interest in ways to verify information.

(...) more in the link below

source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/17/fake-news-google-funding-fact-checking-us-election



I also noticed that they changed some stuff in their search engine, don't know if it looks like the same in your country.

When you search for news, Google gives you now (three) very prominent examples right at the beginning.

 

[Boney]