Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news warnings

Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by m348e912 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:54AM (#18979257)

RT ran an interesting peice on NewsGuard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkY9fMK26dE

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by tptacek on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:01AM (#18979335)

Well, not that I love being this glib, but, I guess now I know what the Russian government wants me to think about NewsGuard. Also: because WaPo and NYT have issued corrections about Deripaska stories, they're "repeat offenders" who "publish lies" (their citation: Fox News). Also, according to the chyron, I should be really scared of Islam.

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by Bartweiss on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:23PM (#18980959)

It's a reasonable criticism of RT, but it's amusing how thoroughly it cuts both ways: we now know what the Russian government wants us to think about NewsGuard, and also what a team of former US government officials want us to think about RT.

That's not to say RT is a usable source, I'm not particularly interested in their coverage here. But I'm also not very interested in hearing what news Michael Hayden wants me to listen to.

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by tptacek on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:07PM (#18982241)

I don't as much need to care what the US government thinks, because the US government doesn't fund any of its best known media companies. As you can pretty clearly see, most of the US news media market works in opposition to the current US administration.

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by dingaling on Thursday January 24, 2019 @05:43AM (#18987515)

It doesn't matter if us.gov funds media or not if third-parties are nudging people to only trust sources acting in the US interest.

Sure they might oppose the sitting President but would they publish something which would undermine stated US diplomatic policy?

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by acqq on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:50PM (#18983438)

> Also, according to the chyron, I should be really scared of Islam.

Citation needed. It almost seems that you invented something just as an attempt to demotivate people from taking a look. Normally I don't watch videos, but this time I got curious, and I've seen only "Belgian Imam embroiled in the scandal" in the chyron.

But while checking that, I've found out that the video has some real points:

- Co-founder of the NewsGuard: former columnist of the Wall Street Journal, for which EFF wrote that he "repeatedly gets his facts wrong about the NSA surveillance."

- In Advisory Board: Michael Hayden, former NSA and CIA director, Tom Ridge, former First secretary of Homeland Security, Richard Stengel, former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by arijun on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:03AM (#18979367)

You should also read the RT pieces on how Crimea liberated itself, and how Putin won every election fair and square

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by amaccuish on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:50AM (#18979894)

> how Putin won every election fair and square

Maybe there was some tampering here and there but I got the impression when I lived there that most people thought he was good and supported him.

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by pvg on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:00PM (#18982890)

there was some tampering here and there

Systematically and violently suppressing any political opposition is a lot more than 'some tampering here and there'.

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Re:Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news ... by jqt on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @12:29PM (#18980333)

Some people in the west are shocked when they find out people can also be happy when they don't live in liberal democracies, like Russia, China or SK.

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