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Google adds 'Fact-Checked' labels for search images to limit misinformation

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Google announced that it will start identifying some misleading photos in its specific search tool for images with a fact-check label. This new feature is introduced to help people navigate issues around determining the authenticity of images, and 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-checks a photo or another claim. This new feature is a step to limit the spread of misinformation. Google used these fact-checking labels for years in its main search results and on video-streaming site YouTube. In December, the search giant said fact checks appear more than 11 million times each day in search results. Google product manager Harris Cohen wrote in a blog post announcing the new fact-check labels,"Photos and videos are an incredible way to help people understand what's going on in the world .But the power of visual media has its pitfalls...

Google turns 20: From a simple search engine to global technology titan

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Google on Thursday turned 20 and celebrated it with a nostalgic video feature of interesting searches through the years -- from holidays, events, achievements and people to the best dance moves, food to eat, planets and languages. Google has answered all our queries since it came into being in 1998 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both Ph.D. students at the Stanford University, US. The new search engine had a bold mission to organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Over the years it changed drastically -- going from being a simple search engine to a global tech titan and offering searches in more than 150 languages in over 190 countries -- though there has been one thing that has remained constant from the very first day: the homepage Doodle. Thursday's video Doodle took a stroll down the memory lane exploring popular searches all over the world throughout the last two decades -- whether it be the statu...