For that reason, tech giants have stepped up their fight against these malicious disinformation tools, with Google recently expanding its Fact Check tool to determine fake news in search results and Facebook enabling
its fake news alert in Kenya for its election on August 8.
Almost exactly one year ago, Facebook implemented several changes to fight
fake news, including easier steps to report articles, partnerships with fact - checking organizations and features, like Disputed Flags, that
alert people when they are about to read or share articles that have identified by fact - checkers as
fake news.