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Seeing Isn't Always Believing: Google Starts Fact-Checking Images

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday June 23 2020, @10:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the [misleading] dept.

chromas writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by looorg on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:36PM (4 children)

    by looorg (578) on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:36PM (#1011575)

    Just wait for the porn clips fact-checking ... that is going to be hilarious.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @05:20PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @05:20PM (#1011647)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:28PM (#1011706)

      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

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:08PM (#1011702)

    Just wait for the porn clips fact-checking ... that is going to be hilarious.

    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

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:37PM (#1011710)

    That's no penis it's a hemmorhoid!!