Tech: Google takes aim at fake news

Google is moving to “combat the epidemic of false and unreliable information on the internet,” said Kevin Roose in The New York Times. The search giant this week pledged $300 million over the next three years “to support authoritative journalism.” The Google News Initiative will make it easier for Google users to subscribe to news publications and will give publishers “new tools to create fast-loading mobile pages.” Google will also help create a Disinfo Lab, in partnership with the Harvard Kennedy School’s First Draft, to better “identify false news during critical breaking-news situations.”