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Google News Removes Sites That Mask Country of Origin or Mislead Readers

posted by mrpg on Monday December 18 2017, @06:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the dont-believe-anything-on-the-web dept.

takyon writes:

Google has made some changes to try and tackle "fake news":

Google moved to strip from its news search results publications that mask their country of origin or intentionally mislead readers, a further step to curb the spread of fake news that has plagued internet companies this year.

To appear in Google News results, websites must meet broad criteria set out by the company, including accurately representing their owners or primary purposes. In an update to its guidelines released Friday, the search giant added language stipulating that publications not "engage in coordinated activity to mislead users." Additionally the new rules read: "This includes, but isn't limited to, sites that misrepresent or conceal their country of origin or are directed at users in another country under false premises."

A popular tactic for misinformation campaigns is to pose as a credible U.S. news outlet. Russian Internet Research Agency, a Kremlin-backed organization, used that technique to reach an audience of nearly 500,000 people, spread primarily through Twitter accounts, Bloomberg reported earlier.

Also at Engadget.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @07:32PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @07:32PM (#611540)

    Indeed: CNN is going to get a pass, despite being caught on numerous occasions generating nonsense.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @07:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @07:42PM (#611546)

    How about you clean out your own house first and then you get to complain about the other kids, mmmkay?
    I'm sure at some point, we'll even get to 'her e-mails'.