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Homepage: NewsGuard – Restoring trust and accountability
How It Works
We use humans, not algorithms.
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How It Works
- NewsGuard’s trained journalists assess news websites for credibility and transparency.
- We assign each news website a red or green rating—indicating its trustworthiness.
- Our free browser plugin displays NewsGuard ratings next to news links.
We use humans, not algorithms.
Read more: How It Works – NewsGuard
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- NewsGuard for Firefox
- NewsGuard for Chrome
- NewsGuard for Safari
- Already integrated into Edge for iOS/Android.
Read more: Microsoft is trying to fight fake news with its Edge mobile browser (Article: January 2019)The software giant has partnered with NewsGuard to provide warnings in its Edge browser for iOS and Android, and this functionality has been added this week as an optional setting. NewsGuard was founded by journalists Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz, and rates sites based on a variety of criteria including their use of deceptive headlines, whether they repeatedly publish false content, and transparency regarding ownership and financing.
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