Google's new tool is now available in Brazil as well. Consisting of displaying alerts to users when identifying surveys that do not have reliable information, it will be essential for people to avoid fake news. It will also show more context about the search results, this way it will help us decide which results are useful and more reliable.
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This change started to be applied last year for some people. It was released for 8 other languages, including Portuguese. The novelty begins to appear in current affairs searches, aiming to curb the spread of false or unreliable news of last minute matters.
Acting mainly when there is no content from secure sources on the subject.
There was also a change in the platform's search systems, which will work to identify the moment in which a certain subject begins to appear. have peaks of attention and searches, filtering the results when there is no presence of reliable news vehicles approaching the subject.
Faced with the situation in which there is no verified source bringing the information, an announcement informs the user that there are “not very good results”, suggesting that he come back to do the search more afternoon. Also warning that "it will likely have more data coming from a wider range of sources". So the results will be shown below the warning.
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According to Google, a new site context tool will be released. Platform search will begin to allow people to find details about the page before accessing it. In the “about this result” section, when selecting the three dots icon next to the site name, a window will appear with information about the page, such as: sector of activity, first time it appeared on the platform, circulation on the internet and opinions of users.
You can also report that you did not find information about the site. Until then, the new feature is expected to arrive soon in eight languages, including Portuguese. It also stems from the decrease in the spread of fake news.
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