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Baidu 'checks out 3 billion fake news claims every year'
Published Tue, Oct 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
CHINA'S biggest search engine Baidu Inc checks out three billion claims of fake news every year and works closely with government agencies to tackle an issue it calls a global challenge.
The spread of rumours and false information is a problem faced by companies around the world that requires technology and cooperation with external organisations to fix, its president Zhang Yaqin told Bloom-berg Television.
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