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

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: 4, Insightful) by Sulla on Tuesday June 23 2020, @03:59PM (5 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Tuesday June 23 2020, @03:59PM (#1011605) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:35PM (3 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:35PM (#1011620) Journal

    Let's start up an American Google

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    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:44PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @04:44PM (#1011630)

      Let's start up an American Google

      Unpossible, that would be racist!
      Anything that can trigger Chinese communists is doubleplusungood, haven't you got the memo?!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:57AM (#1011780)

    Given how much Google has helped them with the firewall

    [Citation needed]