NewsGuard Technologies is expanding its partnership with Microsoft through browser expansions, adoption in new programs and continued sponsorships.
Through the deal, NewsGuard, a platform thatreviews and rate the credibility of websites and social media via trained journalists, will supply its ratings and nutrition labels to users of the Microsoft Edge browser, cross-platform, forfree.
Users of other browsers pay a $2.95 monthly subscription fee.
NewsGuard will also deliver real-time data to Microsofts Bing search engine.
All departmentswithin Microsoft will also have access to the ratings and labels, allowing them to apply those tools to projects like the Defending Democracy Program, which finds Microsoft Research teams working tocounter misinformation, disinformation and health-care hoaxes.
Tom Burt, corporate vice president of customer security and trust, Microsoft, stated: Defending against disinformationcampaigns is a key focus of our Defending Democracy Program. NewsGuards work has become especially relevant because of its trailblazing efforts to root out online hoaxes related to health andhealthcare issues, including those concerning COVID-19.
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In addition to the new elements of the partnership, Microsoft will continue to sponsor NewsGuards new literacy program,which serves more than 700 libraries and 7 million patrons across the U.S., Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
The sponsorship will support NewsGuard as it expands its literacy programinto new countries, such as Australia and Canada, later this year.
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Microsoft To Give Edge Browser Users Access To NewsGuard Tools 05/15/2020 - MediaPost Communications
