How to spot misinformation online
April 01, 2021
Tips and features from Google
Ahead of the International Fact-Checking Day on April 2, Google has shared some tips and features to help users better spot misinformation online.
Misinformation is one of the major online threats which has been amplified over the last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The Covid-19 pandemic. Elections around the world. Fact-checkers worldwide have had a busy year. More than 50,000 new fact checks surfaced on Google Search over the past year, with all fact checks receiving more than 2.4 billion impressions in Search in that timeframe,” Google said.
On the bright side, users are actively seeking evidence to confirm or refute a piece of information they’re uncertain about.
years old, that s 1 in 10,000 that can do that. she s a smart guy. he s a great negotiator. buff i think we understand each other. but he s still done some very bad things. yeah but so have other people have done some really bad things. i can go through nations where really bad things were being done. with all that said, the answer is yes. sure, executions, gulags, but he is a smart guy, tough guy. it sounds like the president is saying he did what he had to do. does that sound like a person you can trust in a nuclear negotiation? i might add, as it was for iran, is don t trust and verify, verify, verify. the verification challenge here in north korea is going to be immense. so the record of kim jong-un and his forebearers in terms of what they have done with the population is abyss mal. but right now we have a