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Fact Check by Google - Google fights fake news in search with 'fact check'

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Harrison Bergeron
Please tell me what the truth is big brother
Jonathan Howard
@harrison_bergeron It's hard to tell what the truth is. Quite easy to point out the lies.
Chance Mayfield
@staringispolite attaboy. well said my friend.
George Maicovschi
Basically it's just a schema.org model for fact-checking websites. Nothing stops a fake news media outlet from using it.
Trey Hakanson
I'm sure this isn't biased at all *cough Clinton health issues were filtered from results last election cough cough*
Chance Mayfield
Jesus. I can't even get away from political bullshit on Product Hunt anymore. We are better than this, people. @Google, it's a nice idea and I appreciate you making an effort to provide some sort of clarity for those who need it in this insanely weird/crazy world we live in right now.
John Pettus
@chancerr_ @google Not sure why you're surprised. Google wants to organize the world's information, and when a bunch of it is bukkshit, that's a big problem space.
Lev
Although I understand the skepticism, this is so much better than a completely algorithmic approach, like Google takes with Instant Answer. Because IA are all algorithmic, they are gamed constantly to say things like "Barack Obama is a Muslim" or other nonsense. With this, at least there is some manual checking of the sources that Google presents as facts.
Nichole Elizabeth DeMerè (Eithiriel)
Still skeptical.
Paul Banks
It's official I think PH needs a down vote option.
Mark Zajac
Google now curating the truth ~ funny. How can Google be trusted with the truth? Google has a shoddy record with the truth as evident with last year's primary and general presidential elections.
John Pettus
@zajacm They're not. They're just putting fact-checkers work next to where it will do the most good.
Mark Zajac
@johngpettus Hmm...wonder who funds Snopes, PolitiFact, etc. Need a fact check on that one.
Product Pearson
I think they had to do this considering recent media coverage surrounding the elections. Facebook seems be doing similar things too. More to come I expect!
Jordan Fourcher
Too much power in the hands of too big a giant
John Pettus
@jfourcher They're just re-routing fact-checks from 3rd party sources into their distribution channel
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