
B.S. Detector by The Self Agency, LLC
A browser extension that alerts users to unreliable news sources.
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Easily identify fake and satirical news sites, as well as other questionable news sources. Adds a warning label to the top of questionable sites as well as link warnings on Facebook and Twitter.
Identifies:
Identifies:
- Fake News: Sources that fabricate stories out of whole cloth with the intent of pranking the public.
- Satire: Sources that provide humorous commentary on current events in the form of fake news.
- Extreme Bias: Sources that traffic in political propaganda and gross distortions of fact.
- Conspiracy Theory: Sources that are well-known promoters of kooky conspiracy theories.
- Rumor Mill: Sources that traffic in rumors, innuendo, and unverified claims.
- State News: Sources in repressive states operating under government sanction.
- Junk Science: Sources that promote pseudoscience, metaphysics, naturalistic fallacies, and other scientifically dubious claims.
- Hate Group: Sources that actively promote racism, misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination.
- Clickbait: Sources that are aimed at generating online advertising revenue and rely on sensationalist headlines or eye-catching pictures.
- Proceed With Caution: Sources that may be reliable but whose contents require further verification.
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- Version
- 0.2.8
- Size
- 74.78 KB
- Last updated
- 4 years ago (Dec 11, 2016)
- License
- GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0
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