End Times
23rd January 2019, 07:57 AM
(((Steven Brill))) and (((L. Gordon Crovitz))), co-founders & co-CEOs.
https://www.newsguardtech.com/ratings/criteria-for-and-explanation-of-ratings/
Microsoft is trying to fight fake news with its Edge mobile browser
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18194078/microsoft-newsguard-edge-mobile-partnership
Microsoft has started warning users of its Edge mobile browser about untrustworthy news sites. 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.
Microsoft first started offering an optional NewsGuard browser extension for Edge on the desktop version of Windows 10 last year, but the move to build this directly into the mobile version suggests the company may be looking to make this a core part of Edge in the future. The Guardian reports that Edge mobile is now warning users that the Daily Mail’s website, Mail Online, “generally fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability.”
https://www.newsguardtech.com/ratings/criteria-for-and-explanation-of-ratings/
Microsoft is trying to fight fake news with its Edge mobile browser
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18194078/microsoft-newsguard-edge-mobile-partnership
Microsoft has started warning users of its Edge mobile browser about untrustworthy news sites. 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.
Microsoft first started offering an optional NewsGuard browser extension for Edge on the desktop version of Windows 10 last year, but the move to build this directly into the mobile version suggests the company may be looking to make this a core part of Edge in the future. The Guardian reports that Edge mobile is now warning users that the Daily Mail’s website, Mail Online, “generally fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability.”