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A post claims parents who urge caution to children who are questioning their gender or sexuality will be deemed to have broken the law under a proposal.

Big Tech giant Google is bankrolling the propaganda industry known as “fact-checking” to the tune of $13.2 million for a new fact-check fund, the behemoth announced Tuesday.

Users noticed the update on Monday night. It wasn’t publicly announced.

Google and YouTube have announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) to help fund organizations fighting fake news in 80 languages across 65 countries.

It will go toward a new Global Fact Check Fund.

With Fijians set to go to the polls, an article has emerged claiming an Islamabad-based company conducted the Pacific nations previous election.

Google, YouTube to invest $13.2 mn to help fight misinformation In a bid to further fight misinformation, Google and YouTube have announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute to launch a new Global Fact Check Fund. The new fund, to open in early 2023, will support their network of 135 fact-checking organisations from 65 countries

AWS successfully ran a suite of AWS compute and machine learning software on an orbiting satellite, Apple threatens Elon Musk, and Google and YouTube invest in curbing the misinformation issue. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Wednesday November 30 and I’m your host, Ashee Pamma. Amazon

A social media post conflates urban tree loss with how global temperatures are measured.

Google and YouTube on Tuesday said they're providing $13.2 million to a global network of fact-checkers.