Google Fact Check Explorer Will Now Let You Verify Images Online So You Dont Spread Misinformation or Believe in It

We all can agree with the fact that the Internet is a beautiful place to be, with so many memes, Reels, stories, and posts to go through that you can easily spend hours doing that. While I do not condone it, who does not love watching cat videos on the internet? However, the dark side of the internet also runs on photoshopped images, which provide nothing more than misinformation and, in some cases, can do more harm than just being a jest. Remember the misinformation spreading during the COVID-19 panic? Well, Google wants to give you a solution thanks to its Fact Check Explorer getting a new feature.

Google shows just how committed the company is to combating misinformation and helping fact-checkers worldwide in every field

Google launched this new feature during the Global Fact 10 conference, and it will allow users to upload an image, and you will be told whether that image has been analyzed by fact-checkers in the past. The best thing is that with this feature, you can deal with misleading content since you will know if the image has been manipulated. Avneesh Sud, Software Engineer at Google Research, has made the following remark about the new feature,

“At Google, we support this effort by developing tools and resources to aid people in assessing information online. We’re dedicated to helping people identify misinformation online and supporting fact-checking and those who do it for the long term."

Things get even more interesting when you look at the new feature because aside from telling you whether an image is legit or a bust, Google is also adding a new feature that will help fact-checkers by handing them contextual information along with the timelines pertinent to the image. This means that people will know just how the topics related to this image evolved, helping you have more understanding of the image you are dealing with.

Sadly, at the time of writing, all the new Fact Check Explorer features are under beta, and the company is hard at work ensuring that these features soon start rolling out to various users across different industries. Last but not least, Google is also helping over 35 fact-checking organizations spread across 45 countries with the new Global Fact Check Fund. The purpose here is simple, help fight the misinformation, and hopefully, in a couple of years, we will see these eff

Written by Furqan Shahid

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