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Seeing isn't always believing: Google starts fact-checking images
Google said Monday it will start labeling some misleading photos in its images search feature with a fact-check label, expanding that function beyond search and videos as misinformation continues to spread rampant online. If a website or news article debunks an image in some way, the company will add a small "fact-check" label to the description of photos in search. A larger preview of the photo will show a short summary of the fact-check and direct users to its source.
[...] Fact-checking from social media and other tech companies has become common in the past three years — Facebook, Twitter and Google all do it to some extent — but it is by no means universal and often relies on news media and other partners to publish a fact-check and make sure the companies see it. It can also be applied unevenly, something that triggers complaints.
[...] The company used the example of an image showing a giant shark swimming along a Houston street. Now a search for the shark image — which was edited to make it seem as though a storm had caused the ocean wildlife to swim alongside cars — will show a small fact-check label next to a photo attached to a PolitiFact article.
Google said it is launching the feature fully this week.
(Score: 2) by Farkus888 on Tuesday June 23 2020, @10:55AM (7 children)
Call me when they get to the cooking and DIY videos on YouTube. Those are intentionally misleading and no politics to argue over so no bad PR.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by c0lo on Tuesday June 23 2020, @12:19PM (1 child)
Plenty of "peer review fail repro", just search "debunking" on youtube
E.g. debunking cooking [youtube.com] - the YouTuber is a qualified food scientist and dietitian.
From this, it's just a small step for youtube to link the DIY/cooking scams to other youtubers who debunk them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:40PM
The worst thing about youtube are the assholes who can't hold the camera steady on the subject and don't finish the shot. Banning these people will bring huge improvements to overall content.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Funny) by looorg on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:36PM (4 children)
Just wait for the porn clips fact-checking ... that is going to be hilarious.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @05:20PM (1 child)
Maybe now, we will find out how "tall" the president really is, and if he's a Christian or a Jew
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:28PM
Didn't Stormy already "review" his performance as less then stellar? No horse-sized porn-cock there, or I guess it could be that she is used to something else so anything is, or feels, small in comparison. I don't really want to know.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:08PM
Don't joke. It appears that there's quite a bit of porn [motherless.com] [NSFW] that even uploaders are questioning.
#FACTCHECKMYPORN
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:37PM
That's no penis it's a hemmorhoid!!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday June 23 2020, @12:27PM (7 children)
This seems like a lot of work. Who will Google outsource it to? Bots?
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(Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:38PM (1 child)
Bots cost too much to code. India probably.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:53PM
Indians cost to much to, perhaps it will just check how many likes it has on facebook. If enough, or the right, people like it then it must be true (or truthish).
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:37PM
They outsourced policy-setting to there already, and CPC will have no problem employing more censors.
(Score: 2) by leon_the_cat on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:45PM (1 child)
This is only for high profile photos that are within their political hunting ground.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday June 23 2020, @05:40PM
That's a big hunting ground, and people will tweak their text memes to keep ahead of the check/suppression.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @05:26PM
mamma mia!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @08:04AM
The harsh reality is that Google, along with Facebook Twitter etc, already employs a small army of content curators, to deal with copyright strikes, censoring content in unfree countries, and dealing with complaints. Institutionally, their bureaucracy is well equipped to take content curation and editorial to new political heights, or lows if you will.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Sulla on Tuesday June 23 2020, @03:59PM (5 children)
What I would like to see
Example: Image of Winne the Pooh
Caution: Image may be deceptive, not actually Chairman Xi despite the similarity.
What I expect
Example: Image of Tienanmen Square
Caution: This image is western propaganda meant to undermined the glorious state
Given how much Google has helped them with the firewall while refusing US military contracts, I don't count on anything coming from this except evil.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:35PM (3 children)
Let's start up an American Google
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:44PM (2 children)
Unpossible, that would be racist!
Anything that can trigger Chinese communists is doubleplusungood, haven't you got the memo?!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @07:13PM
Yeah! Besides, the CCP is on the team [mercurynews.com].
Xi will be appointed vice-chair of Trump's reelection campaign next week -- Once those wheat and soybean orders start rolling in. But Xi better be careful, if he doesn't imprison/kill enough Uigurs, Donny boy will get angry. Then Donny boy SMASH!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @10:19PM
OT but on point: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/the-australian-uni-student-china-wanted-to-silence-whose-simple-protest-sparked-a-living-hell/news-story/4fcea3b66535bed6d6e08a320cd246ae [news.com.au]
China gets a student expelled from an Australian university over a tiny protest regarding HK.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:57AM
[Citation needed]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:45PM (2 children)
You can mislead people on the size of a crowd. If it is big and you want it small just take before and after pictures. Show those and ignore the during. If you want a crowd to look bigger get low and angle the picture upwards into a small crowd. Remember what is out of view can be implied. It is an old trick the 'news' likes to play. Remember close up for small crowds, wide angle for big ones. Wide angle on 'empty' but pick a different time of day.
Will they do these types of shots too? Don't know why but they always bug me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:48AM (1 child)
The MSM will propel Biden to victory. He's not female, so he won't have health problems, etc..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @01:17AM
No health problems aside from the severe dementia.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @05:15PM (1 child)
The submitted image of goatse has been fact checked as actually weinstein.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @05:22PM
Which brings up a good point. What if fact check is wrong and damage results from it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:34PM
"Muh Goatse!"
(Score: 2) by Username on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:19AM (1 child)
Kind of sad google is now giving their opinion along with search results. It took over two seconds to load search results from google the other day. The page was in the megabytes. I remember when they only did search and everyone used it because it was simple and fast.
What's next, searching for porn and them telling me masturbation is a sin? Having links to the vatican? (satire, google opposes christanity, I'm just referencing a different religion)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:52AM
No, no! That would be counter productive to selling ads to their real customers. Instead you'll get ads for medicated lube to sooth your chaffed member. After all, they know how frequently you're visiting all those porn sites, for how long, and even which videos.
Oh, and just a heads up. You can get the basic leashes and collars cheaper at Petsmart than Fetishworld.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Wednesday June 24 2020, @01:10AM
Lycos, Yahoo, Altavista, Ask Jeeves, Google, Bing, ...
It must be just about time for a new search engine to rise. Hopefully one that actually provides the results you searched for, instead of the highest value ads that can be vaguely related to the query.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.