A display of Google devices. Google said it would ban purveyors of fake news on the web from using its online advertising service, AdSense.Credit...Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Over the last week, two of the world’s biggest internet companies have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites may have influenced the presidential election’s outcome. On Monday, those companies responded
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