Google and Facebook take aim at fake-news sites
They will bar such websites after criticism that their content may have swayed the US election result
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OVER the past week, two of the world's biggest Internet companies have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites may have influenced the outcome of the US presidential election.
On Monday, those companies responded by making it clear that they would not tolerate such misinformation by taking pointed aim at fake news sites' revenue sources.
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