Fake News Detector

Detect Fake News, Click Bait and more from your newsfeed, and let you flag them to help others.

Fake News Detector - Detect and Flag Fake News

Fake News Detector is a Chrome extension that allows you to detect and flag fake news, click bait, and biased articles directly from your newsfeed. By flagging suspicious content, you help others stay informed and protect against the spread of misinformation. The extension also features a learning robot, Robinho, that automatically flags news based on text analysis. Get real-time opinions from other users and the robot, ensuring a more trustworthy news experience. Visit fakenewsdetector.org for more information.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 2.33
(3)
Version: 0.30 (Last updated: 2018-03-31)
Creation date: 2018-03-31
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://api.fakenewsdetector.org/*
  • webRequest
  • activeTab
Size: 232.45K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

The Fake News Detector allows you to detect and flag news directly from your Facebook and Twitter into Legitimate, Fake News, Click Bait, Extremely Biased, Satire or Not news.

After flagging a newstory, other people that have the extension will be able to see your flagging, will pay more attention to it and may also flag. The data is then saved on a database and read by our robot, Robinho.

Robinho reads the information given by us humans and learn with time to automatically flag news as Fake News, Click Bait, etc, based on its text. By doing that, even fresh news that no one saw may be quickly flagged.

The extension then show on your facebook the opinion from other people and from the robot.

To more details, visit https://fakenewsdetector.org/

User reviews

No sirve, no funciona.
by Adolfo Grosso, 2021-11-19

DOESN'T WORK...........................
by shirley schon, 2019-08-07
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Fake News Detector requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Fake News Detector may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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