Google steps up fight against fake news with introduction of Fact Check to Search

Google Search Fact CheckGoogle has expanded its Fact Check feature into Search globally in all languages, while also rolling out the Fact Check label everywhere – after previously only being introduced in the US and UK back in October.

From now on, when people conduct a search on Google that returns an ‘authoritative result’ – which has been fact checked – they will be given information on the claim, who made the claim, and whether or not that claim has been deemed to be true.

Of course, the information won’t be available on every search result because you don’t need to fact check ‘when is Easter Sunday?’. In addition, Google warns that that some search result pages could have been fact checked by multiple publishers which reached different conclusions.

“These fact checks are not Google’s and are presented so people can make more informed judgements,” said Google in a blog post. Even though differing conclusions may be presented, we think it’s still helpful for people to understand the degree of consensus around a particular claim and have clear information on which sources agree. As we make fact checks more visible in Search results, we believe people will have an easier time reviewing and assessing these fact checks, and making their own informed opinions.”