In an age of Photoshop and deep fakes, one cannot blame people for not always trusting the authenticity of images found online. Misinformation is rampant, and even Google searches are not free from their sticky threads. Fortunately, Google is trying to do something about this problem by upgrading its Fact Check Explorer.

The Fact Check Explorer has been around for several years, offering users the option to check if incredible claims they find online are true. And now Google is adding an image search feature to Fact Check Explorer.

The idea behind this upgrade is that users can upload an image or provide a link to an image and have Fact Check Explorer check to see if that image has been featured in previous fact checks The idea is to allow users to upload an image and have FactCheck Explorer check if the image has been featured in previous fact checks. Another feature allows users to see the context of an image, such as when it was first indexed by search engines and how it has been used since then.

After all, some people post legitimate images with misleading captions or even completely false images. Google's own blog post uses an image purportedly of a shark swimming along a Puerto Rican highway in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. According to Fact Check Explorer, this image has appeared several times in the past and has been associated with hurricanes and major flooding elsewhere.

The image is also a fake, part of an urban legend so widespread that it has its own page on Wikipedia.

Google is looking for participants in the beta version of this new image search feature, and applications are already open. But if you want to succeed, you need to participate in a known fact-checking process. Whether that be academics, journalists, or fact-checking agencies. There are waiting lists, so you may not have immediate access.

No announcement has been made as to when the beta will end or if the public will be able to access the tool. The public can access the Fact Check Explorer portal site to see what fact-checking has already been done by the dedicated fact-checkers. This is a good thing, because it means that the public will be able to see what the fact-checkers have already done.