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by MadraRua 2701 days ago
So its Snopes for the Web? There would need to be some transparency issues sorted out (i.e, we need to know who's grading the sites and that the service is open to scrutiny) but the concept is good at least.
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I suggest reading an actual NewsGuard "nutrition label" before commenting on what's missing from them.

* https://www.newsguardtech.com/ratings/sample-nutrition-label...

Here's someone who has:

* http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/newsguard-considers-fox-new...

I think the essential feature is to be able to change databases that determine what is or is not fake news.