The false news about coronavirus that is spreading around the world causes everyone to be nervous. Google announced that it would fight such news in a statement. According to Alexios Mantzarlis of the Google News Lab (Google News Lab), control agencies, often working with small budgets, are seeing an increase in demand for accurate work against false or malicious work on pandemic spreads. “Uncertainty and fear make us more susceptible to false information, so we support real auditors because they handle increasing demand for proper work,” said Mantzarlis. “We support real control projects by focusing on the things most affected by epidemics worldwide,” Mantzarlis told AFP. Small organizations will be supported Google also said it is considering using various products to support the fight against false information about COVID-19. According to Mantzarlis, the Google News Initiative will also increase support for First Draft News, a non-profit news organization that provides training and crisis simulations, a resource center for journalists reporting in times of crisis. In addition, Google will support the creation of a public health resource database for journalists. Mantzarlis said, “We want to do more to control our potentially harmful and false information about health. We try to make the best way to add a special information control section to the Google News experience for COVID-19.” It was the message. Google is also known to run a test in India and Africa for questions to be asked to ensure users know that the lack of reliable answers can cause misinformation. It seems that we will experience the results of such attempts to get the right information, which has become very important today, together very soon, through various platforms we use every day.
