Press Releases

07/10/2024 NewsGuard Launches Monthly AI News Misinformation Monitor, Creating Benchmark for Comparing the Trustworthiness of Leading Generative AI Models

07/02/2024 Debunking ‘NATO Troops in Coffins’

06/12/2024 Stanford researchers find that 67% of advertisers unknowingly place ads on misinformation websites; study also documents risk of significant consumer backlash

06/11/2024 Sad Milestone: Fake Local News Sites Now Outnumber Real Local Newspaper Sites in U.S

05/29/2024 Details of Burgeoning Network of Kremlin Propagandist, Supplemented by Extensive Dialogue with Him, and Excerpt from NewsGuard Co-CEO’s Coming Book, Reveal Global Reach of Moscow-based Former Florida Deputy Sheriff

03/28/2024 NewsGuard and SafetyKit Launch Automated Misinformation Detection Tool

03/26/2024 Misinformation Milestone of More than 100 Israel-Hamas War False Claims

03/17/2024 NewsGuard Launches Suite of Services to Safeguard AI Products Against Election Misinformation in Real Time Across Text, Image, Video, and Audio Formats

03/14/2024 Amid Mounting False Claims Online Directed at Brands, NewsGuard Announces Custom Brand Misinformation Monitoring Service Featuring Alerts and Journalistic Debunks

02/29/2024 NewsGuard Launches 2024 Election Misinformation Tracking Center, Rolls Out New Election Safety Assurance Package for Brand Advertising

02/08/2024 NewsGuard Announces Participation in Department of Commerce Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety

02/07/2024 NewsGuard Reports More Than 300 Vaccine-Related False Narratives Now Spreading Online

12/06/2023 RT? What’s That?

12/04/2023 DataZulu first to bring NewsGuard Source Ratings to Clients in Germany, Enabling Advertisers to Support Credible News

11/29/2023 Brand Danger: NewsGuard Finds 349 Top Global Brands Funding Misinformation About the Hamas-Israel Conflict with Programmatic Ads

11/20/2023 NewsGuard Launches Ukraine Inclusion List of Quality Ukrainian News Outlets for Advertisers

11/13/2023 Media Advisory: NewsGuard Issues Detailed Explanation Debunking Claim of Conclusive Evidence Israel Caused the Gaza Hospital Blast

11/07/2023 Few Americans Trust Generative AI Models to Avoid Spreading Misinformation

11/01/2023 Most Americans Put Misplaced Trust in X’s Blue-Check Verification System

10/11/2023 NewsGuard Launches Israel-Hamas War Misinformation Tracking Center

09/25/2023 25 Ukrainian newsrooms publish their JTI transparency reports and get rated by NewsGuard to enhance prospects for philanthropic and advertising support

08/17/2023 PeakMetrics Brings NewsGuard Source Ratings to Clients, Helping Them Manage Brand Risk

08/10/2023 NewsGuard Expands Reliability Ratings to Connected TV, Enabling Advertisers and Streaming TV Providers to Target High Quality News Channels

07/25/2023 After White House Commitments from AI Companies, NewsGuard Offers ‘Misinformation Risk Audit’ to Test Trustworthiness of Generative AI Models

07/19/2023 NewsGuard Announces No MFAs Service: Inclusion and Exclusion Lists to Protect Brands from Wasting Budgets on Made-for-Advertising News Sites

06/08/2023 NewsGuard Launches Tracking Center for AI-Generated News

05/19/2023 NewsGuard Now Identifies 125 News and Information Websites Generated by AI, Develops Framework for Defining ‘Unreliable AI-Generated News’ and Information Sources

05/12/2023 NewsGuard Identifies 57 Nonprofit and Government Organizations Advertising on Websites Spreading Misinformation

05/11/2023 Reporters Without Borders Partners With NewsGuard to launch Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) Emergency Protocol to Support Ukraine’s Quality News Media

05/10/2023 NewsGuard to Reveal Safest and Most Dangerous AI Models in Run-Up to DEF CON 31 Conference, Promoted by the White House as a Test for Chat Bots

05/08/2023 NewsGuard Launches World’s First Journalist-Vetted Podcast Credibility Ratings to Help Advertisers and Streaming Platforms Identify and Support Trustworthy, Brand-Safe News Podcasts

02/16/2023 One Year, 100 Myths: NewsGuard Has Identified More than 100 False Narratives About the War in Ukraine

02/15/2023 Launch of ‘NewsGuard for AI: Training Machines with Trust Data’

02/07/2023 NewsGuard Announces DCMS-Funded Media Literacy Project Supporting Ageing-Focused Charities and the Elderly Population

12/07/2022 NewsGuard Launches New Brand Safety Tiers, Enabling Greater Control for Advertisers to Support Credible News and Avoid Misinformation

12/02/2022 Secretly Partisan-Funded Websites Posing as Independent Local News Sites On Verge of Outnumbering Daily Newspapers in the U.S.

10/26/2022 More Than 2,100 Websites Improve their Journalism Trust Practices Through NewsGuard’s Rating Process

10/20/2022 Ukrainian Officials Use NewsGuard Data to Track Russian Disinformation

09/22/2022 NewsGuard launches Venezuela Misinformation Tracker, highlighting Russia’s use of the country to spread disinformation in Spanish

08/25/2022 NewsGuard Announces Launch in Austria to Counter Misinformation

08/09/2022 NewsGuard Analysts Have Now Identified 250 Websites Spreading Russia-Ukraine Disinformation

07/27/2022 Pulsar & NewsGuard launch index tracking which brands are most at risk from misinformation

07/22/2022 Statement by NewsGuard on the Updated Ratings for the Websites of Fox News and MSNBC

06/30/2022 NewsGuard Offers Targeted Services, Free Audits to Help Brands Meet New GARM Misinformation Standards

06/16/2022 NewsGuard Statement on the Failure of the EU Revised Code of Practice on Disinformation to Empower Consumers

05/06/2022 New research from NYU shows NewsGuard helps those most exposed to misinformation

04/28/2022 Media.net and NewsGuard partner to help brands advertise responsibly on news while avoiding misinformation

04/04/2022 NewsGuard List of Russia-Ukraine Disinformation Websites Jumps From 116 To 172

03/03/2022 NewsGuard Launches Russia-Ukraine Disinformation Tracking Center

02/23/2022 Pulsar and NewsGuard to help PR and Marketing professionals detect misinformation before it spreads

02/10/2022 NewsGuard partners with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

02/03/2022 PeakMetrics Partners with NewsGuard to Provide Clients with Context on News Source Credibility

01/25/2022 AFT Partners with NewsGuard to Combat Misinformation Online

01/19/2022 NewsGuard Announces Canada Launch to Tackle Misinformation Online

12/14/2021 Consensus of researchers finds source reliability ratings work to “prebunk” hoaxes

11/01/2021 NewsGuard and Neeva Team Up for First-Ever Independent Assessments of News Sources in Search

10/06/2021 European Commission Announces NewsGuard as New Prospective Signatory to the Code of Practice on Disinformation

09/20/2021 The power of truth in the era of disinformation: The European Union’s Italian Digital Media Observatory

09/08/2021 Sizing the Infodemic: NewsGuard Analysts Have Now Found More than 500 ‘News’ Sites Peddling COVID-19 Misinformation and Identified 50 Hoaxes Relating to the COVID-19 Vaccines

09/08/2021 Brand Safety Veteran Israel Mirsky Joins NewsGuard’s Global Advisory Board

07/22/2021 NewsGuard to participate in the Italian Digital Media Observatory, a newly formed consortium selected by the European Commission to fight disinformation in Italy

07/20/2021 Despite assurances to the contrary, Facebook executives are still programming their recommendation algorithm to maximize toxic anti-vax engagement

07/17/2021 Independent study of California news sources finds dozens of partisan websites posing as local newspapers, exploiting and undermining readers’ trust in local journalism

06/30/2021 NewsGuard releases new report to government online harms watchdogs and the WHO detailing new COVID-19 myths being spread by platforms — including that soccer star Christian Eriksen collapsed after receiving vaccine

05/05/2021 Statement by NewsGuard on Today’s Facebook Oversight Board Ruling

12/03/2020 Statement from NewsGuard co-CEOs Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz on Facebook’s Promise to Remove COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation from its Platform

11/17/2020 NewsGuard Tracks Large Increase in Number of Sites Publishing False Voting Content Following Election Day; Tally Climbs to 122

11/02/2020 Guaranteeing Brand Safety: Meetrics & NewsGuard announce innovative partnership

10/30/2020 The Social Media Platforms Say They Can’t Keep Up With the Volume of Hoaxes. Now, They Can

10/28/2020 NewsGuard Proposes a Simple Reform to Protect Online Users from Hoaxes, Misinformation and Other Harms

10/01/2020 Dr. Kavita Patel Joins NewsGuard’s Global Advisory Board

09/25/2020 Proposed Law Would Create New Duty of Care for the Digital Platforms, Including Transparency, Disclosure and a Requirement to Engage with Publishers

08/24/2020 NewsGuard Statement: WHO Partnership

08/18/2020 NewsGuard wins Pentagon-State Department contest for detecting COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation

06/09/2020 NewsGuard launches iOS app, bringing its Nutrition Labels for news sites to iPhones and iPads

06/02/2020 NewsGuard Launches HealthGuard, a New Tool to Protect Against Online Health Care Hoaxes

06/01/2020 NewsGuard launches Android app, bringing its Nutrition Labels for news sites to users’ mobile devices

04/24/2020 Arne Duncan Joins NewsGuard’s Global Advisory Board

04/21/2020 Brigitte Trafford Joins NewsGuard’s Global Advisory Board

03/24/2020 A Statement from NewsGuard about COVID-19

03/03/2020 106 Sites in the U.S. and Europe Now Promoting Coronavirus Misinformation

02/25/2020 NewsGuard Launches Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center

02/12/2020 Milan Library System becomes first Italian library to join global NewsGuard media literacy partnership

02/12/2020 German Marshall Fund and NewsGuard Partner to Study Misinformation and Inform Solutions

12/10/2019 EBLIDA and NewsGuard Announce Partnership to Bring Media Literacy Tool to European Public Libraries

11/20/2019 NewsGuard Kite Marks Rate the Reliability of News Websites, Without Creating the Risk of Government Licensing of News Publishers

11/13/2019 NewsGuard Debuts News Website Reliability Index, Creating the First Benchmark for Measuring News Reliability and Media Consumption Habits

10/24/2019 Cologne City Library Becomes First NewsGuard Library Partner In Germany

10/09/2019 Public Libraries 2030 and NewsGuard Announce Partnership to Bring Media Literacy Tool to European Public Libraries

09/23/2019 Special Report: Inside NewsGuard’s First Year Fighting Misinformation

08/08/2019 Cable Industry Veteran Leo Hindery, Jr., Becomes an Investor in NewsGuard

07/30/2019 More than 10% of the news websites Americans rely on spread misinformation about health issues such as vaccines

07/23/2019 University of Michigan’s Iffy Quotient shows steady drop of questionable information on social media, partners with NewsGuard for better data

06/04/2019 Ed Vaizey, MP, Joins Global Advisory Board of NewsGuard to Support Its Efforts to Counter Misinformation Online

04/24/2019 NewsGuard Announces UK Launch to Tackle Misinformation Online

01/31/2019 More Than 500 Websites Improve their Journalism Trust Practices Through NewsGuard’s Rating Process

01/16/2019 Toledo Lucas County Public Library Joins NewsGuard in News Literacy Partnership

01/09/2019 Gallup Research Finds NewsGuard Ratings of News Websites Effective in Countering False Information, Misinformation and Disinformation

12/17/2018 Hawaii Public Libraries Join NewsGuard in News Literacy Partnership

11/19/2018 NewsGuard Launches ‘Human Intelligence’ BrandGuard Service to Help Advertisers Keep their Brands Off of ‘Fake News’ Websites

11/08/2018 Stony Brook University and NewsGuard Team Up for News Literacy Initiative

11/05/2018 NewsGuard Recognized with Leading Magazine Award for Innovation

10/29/2018 NewsGuard’s Misinformation SWAT Team Issues Red Ratings to Two Networks Publishing Dozens of Hoax Websites

04/18/2018 NewsGuard Announces Addition of Two Veteran Journalists to Analyst Team

03/05/2018 Brill and Crovitz Announce Launch of NewsGuard to Fight Fake News