Google allows users to report offensive autocomplete suggestions and Featured Snippets, will show more authoritative content for obscure and infrequent queries
I was, frankly, amazed when I saw this tweet: Tech2 : Facebook and Google announce new plans to tackle the problem of fake news Gizmodo India : Google wants your help to tackle fake news Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Google Owl Update Promotes Authoritative Content For Fake News Queries Sneha Bokil / Fone Arena : Google tries to combat fake news with new search tools Klint Finley / Wired : Google Wants You to Help Fix the Fake-Fact Problem It Created JC Torres / SlashGear : Google Search update puts the heat on fake news Marty Swant / Adweek : Facebook and Google Are Testing Tools to Fight Fake News Adrianne Jeffries / The Outline : Google finally realized that racist search results are a problem Eric Chiu / International Business Times : Fake News: Google Announces Changes To Search Results Jake Swearingen / New York Magazine : Can Google Clean Up Autocomplete and Featured Snippets? Charlie Nash / Breitbart : Google is tweaking their search engine in a new effort to combat “fake news” and “hate speech.” BBC : MP asks Facebook to tackle ‘fake news’ as election approaches Ryne Hager / Android Police : Google's new search tools and changes could help combat fake news Meaghan Beatley / Motherboard : Jimmy Wales' Next Act Is to Fight the Scourge of Fake News Jeff John Roberts / Fortune : Google's Big Changes to Search: What You Need to Know Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Google updates search to further combat fake, offensive content Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing : Google tweaks its machinery to deal with fake news Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post : Google's asking you for some help to fix its ‘fake news’ problem Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google tackles ‘fake news’ with improved Search ranking, direct feedback tools, more Jon Martindale / Digital Trends : Google takes on fake news with search tool update D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media : Google introduces its latest search changes in effort to fight ‘fake news’ Jon Fingas / Engadget : Google refines its search results to curb fake news John Callaham / Android Authority : Google wants to go after fake news in search with new feedback tools Mark Wilson / BetaNews : Google tweaks search algorithms to fight fake news and ‘offensive’ content Alfred Ng / CNET : Google tweaks search results to squash fake news Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable : Google takes on fake news with its biggest tool: Search Mark Hachman / CIO.com : Google will try to combat fake news using search and user feedback Levi Sumagaysay / SiliconBeat : Google tweaks search to fight fake news, hatred Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Google Search Quality: Heading South? Ben Gomes / Google : Our latest quality improvements for Search Shane Dingman / Globe and Mail : Google opts for human touch in fight against fake news Tweets: Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan : Don't see Google's new feedback forms for suggested searches & featured snippets? Full rollout will take few days http://searchengineland.com/ ... See also Mediagazer