By Gillian West

Google has awarded £50,000 (£41,000) of seed capital each to three British groups in a bid to rid the internet of fake news.

The groups – Factmata, The Ferret and Full Fact – are currently looking to design widgets that will find claims online and determine whether or not they are true.

Factmata founder, Dhruv Ghulati, who studied machine learning at University College London, told the press he was looking to find a way to provide the services of a human fact-checker, but at the speed of the internet, however, even spotting a fact to be checked is Read full story ›

Source: The Drum