Google’s Plan to Stare Down Fake News 

Google’s Plan to Stare Down Fake News on Ukrainian Refugees

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is hoping an ad campaign can help prevent misinformation

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Google is premiering a series of 90-second videos in Poland,

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Slovakia and the Czech Republic that will seek to educate viewers

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The spread of misinformation has become a major political issue in the European Union,

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an EU ban of Russian state media like RT and new rules ordering internet

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More than 5.6 million refugees from Ukraine have flooded Europe since the war began,

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We’ve seen from past waves of migration there are certain tactics which get used,

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Russia relies on state-run media, anonymous websites and accounts on digital platforms

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