{"id":623,"slug":"google-retired-claim-review-rich-results-june-2025","title":"Google retired ClaimReview rich results in June 2025; schema persists for non-Google AI ingestion","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["schema-org","ai-citation","citation-practices"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Per Poynter (June 2025):\n\n> \"Google decided to retire **ClaimReview**, a program little known outside the fact-checking world that highlighted fact checks from reputable news sources.\"\n\n**Source:** Poynter (IFCN), June 2025 — <https://poynter.org/ifcn/2025>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Important nuance:** The schema itself **remains an open standard** at schema.org and is still being used by fact-checkers *\"to provide cues to new chatbots and other AI applications\"* (Bill Adair, Duke Reporters' Lab).\n\n**The operational read for Candid:** **Don't overinvest in ClaimReview / FactCheck specifically for Google rich-result visibility — that signal is gone.** But **do** implement broader sourcing schema (`Article.citation`, `dateModified`, `Author/Person` with credentials) for AI engines that index more openly. The Schema.org `Article` foundation remains a high-value signal.\n\n**Related:** [[json-ld-adoption-41pct-web-almanac-2024]], [[rule-schema-as-hygiene-not-growth-lever]].","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"rule-schema-as-hygiene-not-growth-lever","title":"RULE: Always ship schema as hygiene. Never expect it alone to move AI citations.","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"citation-pattern-library-8-patterns-2026","title":"CANDID REFERENCE: 8-pattern citation library — inline links, hover footnotes, end-of-section, archive pairs, schema","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"research-brief-confidence-sources-dated-claims","title":"Research brief: Confidence Levels, Sources, and Dated Claims — why every statement on a credible site should be verifiable (piece 15 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T20:51:27.007Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:51:27.007Z"}