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Microsoft Fights Fake News With NewsGuard Integration in Its Mobile Edge Browser (pcworld.com)

Posted by msmash on from the taking-a-stand dept.

In a bid to fight fake news read while on your phone, Microsoft's mobile Edge browser on Android and iOS now includes the NewsGuard extension. From a report: The addition needs to be toggled on within the Edge settings menu to be enabled. Once it is, Edge will display a small shield icon next to the site's URL in the search bar: a green shield with a checkmark for a trusted news site, and a red shield with an exclamation point inside of it for a site that NewsGuard believes isn't always accurate. (Some sites haven't been evaluated, and these will simply show a gray shield.)

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  1. First hilarious casualty by cyber-vandal · · Score: 3, Informative

    The UK Daily Mail, a well-known source of ill-informed and reactionary garbage.

  2. Don't get your hopes up, lefties by MikeRT · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because it's backed by the neocons. You remember them, right? The folks whose handling of intelligence over Iraq made Obama's handling of the DIA report on ISIS look like a highly cordial disagreement between respectful parties? If they say that Hitler is a bad guy, you better get independent sources.

  3. Yeah, sure by RightwingNutjob · · Score: 5, Informative

    BuzzFeedNews rated as trustworthy. Nope.

    I guess Microsoft is competing with Google in the Wokelympics.

  4. Re:They seem shady by Ashe+Tyrael · · Score: 3, Informative

    On the other hand, they aren't wrong in some cases:

    From the Daily Mail results: "The site repeatedly publishes false information and has been forced to pay damages in numerous high-profile cases."

    Yup.

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    "How fine you look when dressed in rage."