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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: 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.