Bing launches Google-like fact-checking label

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Bing is taking action against fake news, in a similar fashion to what Google has already done. 

Microsoft's search engine is adding a "Fact Check" label to the search results "to help users find fact checking information on news, and with major stories and webpages within the Bing search results," it said in a blog post

The label could be used on both news articles and web pages from fact-checking organisations, such as Snopes or PolitiFact, to quickly identify whether the claim is true or false. 

See this example provided by Bing on a hoax about Florida Governor Rick Scott's critical condition after Hurricane Irma:  Read more...

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COntributer : Mashable http://ift.tt/2f4dtVm

Bing launches Google-like fact-checking label Bing launches Google-like fact-checking label Reviewed by mimisabreena on Monday, September 18, 2017 Rating: 5

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