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Google makes verifying facts and images on the web easier


"About this image" and "About this page" are now available in 40 more languages worldwide.

If you wished there was a way to figure out whether all the April Fools' Day pranks you saw online were legit or fake, you're in luck. Google pulls from Wikipedia's description of a website and other mentions of the site across the web to curate the About the source result. By comparison, the Fact Check Explorer specifically includes only fact-check articles from trusted sources and independent organizations worldwide.

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