Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Google to "de-rank" Sputnik, Russia Today to fight online misinformation

Google plans to derank Russian-owned news agencies Russia Today and Sputnik as part of its fight against online misinformation.


Eric Schmidt, head of Google's parent company Alphabet, said the search engine is working to limit the reach of state-run Russian news sites accused of US elections interference.


Our US correspondent Liling Tan has the details. 


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