# NewsGuard

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/newsguard/  
**Website:** https://newsguardtech.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

NewsGuard provides transparent reliability ratings for news and information sources, helping users identify trustworthy content and avoid misinformation. Their platform offers AI‑driven tools, false‑claim fingerprints, and comprehensive dashboards for media outlets, advertisers, and researchers. By combining human expertise with automated analysis, NewsGuard aims to improve media literacy and combat disinformation across digital platforms.

## Kin Score — 3.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 3.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 44.6 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 5.5 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 1.8 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | documented |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Newsguard Domain Security** — DMARC

## Tags

Company, Media, Fact Checking, Artificial Intelligence, Disinformation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/newsguard/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.