Baidu 'checks out 3 billion fake news claims every year'

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.