Google to display fact-checking labels to show if news is true or false

In its ongoing bid to combat fake news, Google follows Facebook in announcing new technology to help curb spread of misinformation

Google is to start displaying fact-checking labels in its search results to highlight news and information that has been vetted and show whether it is considered to be true or false, as part of its efforts to help combat the spread of misinformation and fake news.

The fact-checking feature, which was first introduced to Google News in the UK and US in October, will now be displayed as an information box in general search results as well as news search results globally.