Tech giant company Google has taken an action against sites that spread "false news." The company has launched its tool called Fact Check Tag that will help readers find fact checking in the huge news stories online.
As a matter of fact, Google has launched this tool in three more countries and has been introduced weeks before presidential election voting. The new tool has been featured in its new section to allow its readers to determine whether the article is true or not.
The label is now visible in the expand story box in Google News search results and the Google News and Weather app in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, according to Independent UK. The new feature was first launched in the United States in October 2016 ahead of the election. Then, it has been rolled out in France and Germany.
Last year, Google and Facebook have been accused of beings reasons why fake news spread like wildfire online. Since then, both companies are now committed to fight those sites that spread lies.
"We have to take the fake news problem very, very seriously and think about what we can do there," Google chief business officer, Philipp Schindler said during Code Media conference.
The current U.S. President Donald Trump is very vocal about labelling unfavourable reports that he called "fake news." During a rally with his supporters in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Trump attacked again "fake news" and claimed that something happened in Sweden.
"You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden," Trump said on Sunday, Feb. 18.
He also mocked Sweden's "large-scale immigration," claiming media (which he accused a source of fake news) covered up the real impact of refugees arriving in Scandinavian. His claims about Sweden triggered mockery on social media because nothing happened in the country.
Many netizens reacted on Trump's claim. The former prime minister of Swede Carl Bildt reacted on Trump's remarks.
"Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound," Bildt tweeted.
On Monday, Feb. 20, Trump took Twitter to inform the public where did he get this information. According to the U.S. President, his claim was in reference to a story that Fox News broadcast concerning the immigration.
The U.S. President also accused Google for manipulating news and claimed that the search engine hides "bad Hillary Clinton news."
My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2017
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