Microsoft Expands NewsGuard Adoption
New Agreement Expands News Literacy Sponsorship, Provides All Users of Microsoft Edge Browser Free Access to NewsGuard’s Ratings and Nutrition Labels, and Delivers Data to Bing Search Engine
(New York, May 14, 2020) NewsGuard Technologies, which uses trained journalists to review and rate the credibility of thousands of news and information websites and their associated social media accounts, today announced a significant expansion and extension of its partnership with Microsoft.
Under the agreement, Microsoft will continue to sponsor NewsGuard’s news literacy program—through which more than 700 libraries provide NewsGuard to their more than seven million patrons in the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy—and will expand the program into new countries, including Australia and Canada, which NewsGuard plans to serve later this year.
The agreement will also enable all users of Microsoft Edge’s desktop and mobile browser to access NewsGuard’s ratings for free without paying the $2.95 monthly subscription fee that users of other browsers must pay. Microsoft has already integrated NewsGuard’s ratings into Microsoft Edge Mobile. In addition, Microsoft’s Bing search engine will now have access to a real-time feed of NewsGuard data.
