Google announces largest ever grant to support fact checkers across the world: All the details

Fake news and spreading a misinformation is a rather deadly trend across the world. There have been diligent fact checkers in several countries but they often end up facing fund crunch and their efforts are derailed. In a major boost to fact checkers across the world, Google and YouTube have announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute. This will help to launch a new Global Fact Check Fund to support their network of 135 fact-checking organisations from 65 countries covering over 80 languages. The Fund will open next year, said Google in a blog post.

How will the Fund help in checking fake news?
Google, in the blog post, said that the Global Fact Check Fund will help fact-checkers to scale existing operations or launch new ones that elevate information, uplift credible sources and reduce the harm of mis- and disinformation around the globe.