Topline Google will contribute €25 million ($29 million) to the European Union’s newly established European Media and Information Fund to tackle misinformation and fake news, the company announced Wednesday, as big tech companies face criticism and mounting scrutiny for failing to curb the spread of misinformation online. Google will contribute €25 million ($29 million) to the European Union’s newly established European … [+] Media and Information Fund zz/John… Source link
Read More »Google opens Dublin hub to tackle harmful online content
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google on Wednesday opened a centre to tackle harmful online content, in a move also designed to ease regulatory concerns about how the company and other tech giants police a growing problem on the internet. The world’s most popular search engine, along with other U.S. tech giants, has drawn criticism because of the spread of… Source link
Read More »Google opens Dublin hub to tackle harmful online content
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google on Wednesday opened a centre to tackle harmful online content, in a move also designed to ease regulatory concerns about how the company and other tech giants police a growing problem on the internet. The world’s most popular search engine, along with other U.S. tech giants, has drawn criticism because of the spread of… Source link
Read More »Google Launches $3 Million Fund To Tackle Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Topline Amid an ongoing effort by Google to counter the deluge of misinformation and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant said Tuesday it will devote up to $3 million to back fact-checking initiatives to counter vaccine misinformation, which it says has emerged as a particularly troubling phenomenon as global immunization efforts get underway. Google is funding fact-checking initiatives to tackle Covid-19 vaccine misinformation. … Source link
Read More »Google search panels tackle misinformation about Covid vaccines
American multinational technology company Google logo seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — Google on Thursday rolled out new information panels in search results aimed at countering false claims about the coronavirus vaccines. The internet giant said in a blog post that the feature would launch first in the U.K., which has begun vaccinating people with the Covid-19… Source link
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