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The Latest: Microsoft says recovery efforts are making progress on worldwide outage
Verified: 102 outlets in 59 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.
🕐 12m ago·102 outlets
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 102 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
The story so far · 126 reports · · 59 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC
9 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 6 more · how we count
- Nov 12, 6:48 PM UTCFirst reportGlobal outage hits Microsoft's Outlookrnz.co.nz ↗
- Nov 12, 6:50 PM UTC+2 minOutlook email outage affects users around the worldthenationalnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:44 PM UTC+56 minBreaking: Microsoft platforms suffering widespread outages, including Outlookabc.net.au ↗
- Nov 13, 1:34 PM UTC+19 hPortugal government, schools and health services hit by global Microsoft outageeuronews.com (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 1:36 PM UTC+19 hWhat we know about the global Microsoft outageazertag.az ↗
- Nov 13, 1:38 PM UTC+19 hCôte d’Ivoire-AIP/Inter/ Une panne mondiale d’Outlook perturbe les services de Microsoft dans 74 paysaip.ci ↗
- Nov 13, 1:44 PM UTC+19 h· you’re reading thisThe Latest: Microsoft says recovery efforts are making progress on worldwide outagewinnipegfreepress.com ↗
Verification Log1
cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] Report 2 describes the same worldwide Microsoft outage and ongoing recovery effort as Report 1, with no conflicting facts.
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreHigh
77%Independent outlets2
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
High · How we score this
Risk Score
medium risk