<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
News	O
Lab	O
is	O
a	O
global	O
team	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
whose	O
mission	O
is	O
to	O
"	O
collaborate	O
with	O
journalists	O
and	O
entrepreneurs	O
to	O
help	O
build	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
media	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
industry	O
commentators	O
have	O
labelled	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
build	O
goodwill	O
among	O
journalists	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
with	O
rival	O
tech	O
giants	O
such	O
as	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
News	O
Lab	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
Initiative	I-Application
when	O
it	O
launched	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
Lab	I-Application
was	O
a	O
founding	O
partner	O
of	O
the	O
fact-checking	O
coalition	O
First	O
Draft	O
,	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
helped	O
First	O
Draft	O
launch	O
new	O
collaborative	O
reporting	O
models	O
to	O
verify	O
news	O
stories	O
during	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
French	O
and	O
German	O
elections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
News	O
Lab	O
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
American	O
Society	O
of	O
News	O
Editors	O
(	O
ASNE	O
)	O
on	O
its	O
annual	O
Newsroom	O
Employment	O
Diversity	O
Survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
News	O
Initiative	O
Fellowship	O
offers	O
journalism	O
and	O
technology	O
students	O
from	O
diverse	O
backgrounds	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
spend	O
a	O
summer	O
working	O
at	O
organizations	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
industry	O
commentators	O
have	O
labelled	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
Lab	I-Application
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
build	O
goodwill	O
among	O
journalists	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
with	O
rival	O
tech	O
giants	O
such	O
as	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
News	O
Lab	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Digital	B-Application
News	I-Application
Initiative	I-Application
have	O
been	O
criticized	O
as	O
buy-offs	O
of	O
the	O
newsrooms	O
after	O
its	O
advertising	O
monopoly	B-Application
led	O
to	O
countless	O
layoffs	O
in	O
newsrooms	O
.	O
</s>
