Google begins fact-checking images
Google announced earlier this week that it will start identifying some misleading photos in its specific search tool for images with a fact-check label. This is an expansion of that function beyond its non-image searches and videos.
The fact-check label will appear on any image that is "included in an article that fact-checks a photo or another claim." A larger preview of the photo will show a short summary of the fact-check and direct users to its source.
From the Google blog "The Keyword":
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Starting today, we are surfacing fact check information in Google Images globally to help people navigate these issues and make more informed judgments about what they see on the web. This builds on the fact check features in Search and News, which people come across billions of times per year.
Now, when you search on Google Images, you may see a "Fact Check" label under the thumbnail image results. When you tap one of these results to view the image in a larger format, you’ll see a summary of the fact check that appears on the underlying web page. These labels may appear both for fact check articles about specific images and for fact check articles that include an image in the story.
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Fact check labels appear on results that come from independent, authoritative sources on the web that meet our criteria. These sources rely on ClaimReview, an open method used by publishers to indicate fact check content to search engines. We already highlight fact checks on Search and in Google News to make this content easy to discover. YouTube also leverages ClaimReview to surface fact check information panels in Brazil, India and the U.S. The full fact check library can be accessed through a dedicated search tool and an open API.
Just as is the case in Search, adding this label in Google Images results does not affect ranking; our systems are designed to surface the most relevant, reliable information available, including from sources that provide fact checks
Read more here: https://blog.google/products/search/...-google-images
