Microsoft edge for ios wants to protect you from fake news

Coinciding with the growing concern about the proliferation of fake news or false news on the network, largely tolerated and even encouraged and subsidized by certain governments and benefited by the lack, or late, reaction of such important sites as Facebook, Microsoft He has added a new feature to which he has named "NewsGuard" (something like "the news keeper") in his Edge browser. According to the company, this feature will help users identify potentially fake content.

NewsGuard will help you identify fake news

According to a report released by TechCrunch, Microsoft's Edge browser on iOS will now feature a new built-in feature called NewsGuard. The function is not enabled by default, so if you want to use it, you must activate it from the settings or configuration menu within the application itself. Thus, the user can activate or deactivate NewsGuard at any time they wish.

While NewsGuard is not turned on by default, anyone using Edge can enable it with a simple toggle in the settings menu. When I downloaded the app to test it, Edge actually took me to the Settings menu and then to an option called News Ranking (this enables NewsGuard) with a little blue dot. The point was not a red alarm notification, but it would probably be remarkable enough to pique my interest and point the stage for me, even if I wasn't writing this story. (TechCrunch)

At the moment, and given its recent launch, NewsGuard is primarily searching for content on United States websites, although it has also started scanning some international publications in order to identify possible fake news.

On the other hand, from 9to5Mac, Peter Cao observes and warns that, despite the fact that the new function could be very useful for most users, we must not lose sight of the fact that it carries an enormous responsibility, as, ultimately,, the content is curated by humans, which implies a certain level of subjectivity in all of it.

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