【The Exotic Time Machine】

Bing is The Exotic Time Machinetaking action against fake news, in a similar fashion to what Google has already done.

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Microsoft's search engine is adding a "Fact Check" label to the search results "to help users find fact checking information on news, and with major stories and webpages within the Bing search results," it said in a blog post.

The label could be used on both news articles and web pages from fact-checking organisations, such as Snopes or PolitiFact, to quickly identify whether the claim is true or false.

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See this example provided by Bing on a hoax about Florida Governor Rick Scott's critical condition after Hurricane Irma:

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Bing may apply the label on various subjects, such as news, health, science, and politics.

In April, Google launched a similar feature on Search and News -- a "Fact Check" tag which appears in Google search results and which tells users whether a certain claim is being fact-checked by Politifact and Snopes.

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