Working through a free internet browser plug-in, NewsGuard displays green or red icons next to links on search engines and social media feeds, including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Bing, indicating whether a site is “trying to get it right or instead has a hidden agenda or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda.”33 In addition to rating news and information websites, NewsGuard applies a blue icon for platform sites that host user-generated content and an orange icon for humor or satire sites designed to look like legitimate news. There are gray icons for websites that haven’t yet been
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