Microsoft is planning to include the controversial NewsGuard on its new Edge browser. Where the world is going?

I have noticed Google has started to do something similar, and warning users about insecure actions, like writing this on non secured web page (http). And before someone comments anything on that, please remember: Ipernity login and subscriptions use and have always used secured connection (https). So, if someone hacks me while submitting this blog article, that is no problem. I was going to publish this anyway =D

But the point is that big internet company like Microsoft now starts to play as "NewsGod", and defines what is good for the user and what is not, and that sounds like censorship to me. Okay, there really are such things like fake news and bad journalism, but if it goes to filtering entire news agencies, then that is no good!

More to read on topic:

▻ Microsoft Thought It'd Be a Good Idea to Add a 'Fake News' Tracker in the Edge Browser by Rhett Jones at GIZMODO 1/23/19

▻ "NewsGuard": Browser-App entscheidet über "glaubwürdige" oder "unglaubwürdige" News by RT Deutch




Additional tip:

When you write an article here on ipernity blog, click the 'Source' button above the text editor. Then you may get the browser's or operating system's spell check enabled, and show you the possible spelling errors. Then click back to normal view after done with the fixes ;-)

This totally different issue and tip explained here: ▻ Spell check blog article

Lesson learned: Do not post multiple totally different topics on one article!