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| Google News warns sites not to hide country of origin |
In a new attempt to
crack down on fake news, Google has updated its guidelines for its Google News
services.
Google has now
prohibited websites that misrepresent or conceal their country of origin or are
directed at users in another country under false premises.
“Sites included in
Google News must not misrepresent, misstate, or conceal information about their
ownership or primary purpose, or engage in coordinated activity to mislead
users,” states the company guidelines.
Google also allows
publishers to file a spam report if they believe that another publisher has
violated Google News inclusion guidelines.
“While we may not take
manual action in response to every report, spam reports are prioritised based
on user impact, and in some cases may lead to complete removal of a spammy site
from Google News results,” Google added.
The move to keep
dishonest sites from appearing in Google News comes in the wake of mounting
pressure on the Internet giant to do more to stop the spread of fake news after
allegations of Russian attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election
surfaced, Engadget reported late
Saturday.
Apart from Google,
Facebook is also hard at work to tackle the growing problem of fake news on its
platform. The social media giant said it is using cutting-edge technology such
as Artificial Intelligence to take down such content.
“We want to make sure
that everyone who comes to Facebook will know that they get high-quality,
credible news,” said Alexandra Hardiman at the Hindustan Times Leadership
Summit last month.
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