Google acts against fake news on search engine
by Alex Hern Technology reporter from Technology | The Guardian on (#2M945)
Firm introduces user tools for reporting misleading content, and pledges to improve results generated by algorithm
Google announced its first attempt to combat the circulation of "fake news" on its search engine with new tools allowing users to report misleading or offensive content, and a pledge to improve results generated by its algorithm.
The technology company said it would allow people to complain about misleading, inaccurate or hateful content in its autocomplete function, which pops up to suggest searches based on the first few characters typed.
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