NewsGuard

NewsGuard's rating shields and labels help users know which news and information websites to trust.

NewsGuard - Rating Shields & Labels for Trustworthy News

NewsGuard is a Chrome extension that provides reliability ratings for news and information sources, helping users make informed decisions about which news sources to trust and avoid misinformation and disinformation. Ratings, scores, and Nutrition Labels for websites are displayed next to links on search engines and social media platforms.

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Extension stats

By: https://newsguardtech.com

Users: 40,000+

Rating: 3.59

(519)

Version: 5.8 (Last updated: 2024-08-20)

Creation date: 2020-06-15

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage
nativeMessaging

Host permissions:

https://*/*
http://*/*

Size: 1.65M

Email: se*****@newsguardtech.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 3,760 ▼ 18

Other rankings

#271 in News & Weather #36 in news keyword 87 ▲ 3 #59 in trust keyword 53 #178 in score keyword 86 ▼ 2 #180 in label keyword 21 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Android

NewsGuard (v5.8.5)

3.34

(245) 2,311+

NewsGuard (v5.8)

4.60

(197) 25,390+

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Extension summary

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NewsGuard's reliability ratings for news and information sources help users make decisions about which news sources to trust—and avoid misinformation and disinformation.

Our ratings, scores, and Nutrition Labels for websites are displayed next to links on search engines and social media platforms and cover all the news websites accounting for 95% of online engagement.

Ratings are conducted by a team of experienced journalists using nine basic, apolitical journalistic criteria. Each site receives a trust score of 0-100, an overall rating level ranging from “High Credibility” to “Proceed with Caution,” and a thorough Nutrition Label report detailing the site’s ownership and financing, content, credibility practices, transparency practices, and history.

NewsGuard is for personal use only. Any commercial, research, or other non-personal use of NewsGuard is strictly prohibited by our Terms of Service: https://www.newsguardtech.com/terms-of-service/

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Detailed and well-sourced reviews
Transparent ratings
Helps in identifying reliable news sources during misinformation crises
Improves critical thinking about news consumption

Cons

Requires subscription after a free trial
Accusations of bias (particularly left-leaning)
Negative perceptions of reliability and effectiveness from multiple users
Installation and activation issues reported

Most mentioned

Subscription model with a paywall
Allegations of bias and lack of neutrality
Claims of transparent ratings and detailed evaluations

User reviews

If you needed an indication of the reliability of this service, just look at the negative reviews. Note how extreme they are and the content of their complaints. Thanks to this site's transparency and objective criteria, Its pretty obvious these ham-fisted reviews are nothing but unprincipled, futile attempts to diminish Newsguard's brand.

Charlie Rudd, 2025-01-19

Absolutely necessary in an era where SM algorithms select for outrage and sensationallism, and the manipulations of foreign governments acting in bad faith have degraded the public forum with bots promoting unsourced garbage. False allegations are routinely and successfully disguised as statements of fact, such that 3 in 10 americans still believe the result of the 2020 election was fraudulent. Recently Newsguard's nutrition guide saved me from wasting days parsing BS from Zerohedge.com. Yeah, it's subscription, something like $5/mo but well worth every penny.