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NewsGuard
Sign in to saveNewsGuard is a rating system for news and information websites. It is accessible via browser extensions and mobile apps. Their team of experts rates the websites' trustworthiness on a scale of 0 to 100, based on whether they adhere to editorial and journalistic standards. NewsGuard Technologies Inc., the company behind the tool, also provides services such as misinformation tracking and brand safety for advertisers, search engines, social media platforms, cybersecurity firms, and government agencies.
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NewsGuard - Transparent Reliability Ratings for News and Information Sources
Transparent tools to counter misinformation for readers, brands, and democracies. Learn more about NewsGuard's ratings, access our latest reporting, and subscribe to our newsletter.
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Company structure and business model
- Products and services
- Supported systems
- Partnerships
- Ratings
- Examples
- Disinformation in AI
- Russian disinformation
- Criticism
- Allegations of bias and censorship
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
NewsGuard is a rating system for news and information websites. It is accessible via browser extensions and mobile apps. Their team of experts rates the websites' trustworthiness on a scale of 0 to 100, based on whether they adhere to editorial and journalistic standards. NewsGuard Technologies Inc., the company behind the tool, also provides services such as misinformation tracking and brand safety for advertisers, search engines, social media platforms, cybersecurity firms, and government agencies.
== History == NewsGuard Technologies was founded in 2018 by Steven Brill and L. Gordon Crovitz, who serve as co-CEOs. Crovitz was a former publisher of The Wall Street Journal. In 2018, Joyce Purnick, former bureau chief and editor at The New York Times, and Amy Westfeldt, an editor with the Associated Press for 25 years, joined Newsguard. NewsGuard expanded its coverage to news in European languages such as French and German ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election.
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