Google & Facebook to target fake news sites by harshening ads policies

‘In an effort to halt the spread of “fake news,” Google and Facebook said they are changing their advertising policies. It comes after both companies were slammed over allowing false information to be disseminated during the US presidential election.
Google said it is working on a policy change to prevent websites that misrepresent content from using its AdSense advertising network. Meanwhile, Facebook announced it is working on its advertising policies to explicitly state that its ban on deceptive and misleading content applies to fake news.
“The goal of search is to provide the most relevant and useful results for our users. In this case, we clearly didn’t get it right, but we are continually working to improve our algorithms,” Andrea Faville, a Google spokeswoman, said in a statement.’
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