Google to begin educating students about fake news

Published March 27, 2018 12:17pm ET



As Facebook and other Internet sources continue to come under fire for promulgating fake news, Google decided that more education at a younger age is required.

Pledging $3 million to fight the “fake-news epidemic,” Google is seeking to educate teens so that they can differentiate between online fact and fiction. The project aims to reach one million students, at least 50 percent of whom live in underserved or low-income communities.

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