FishBarrel

FishBarrel - a quackery reporting tool
What is FishBarrel?
FishBarrel is a quackery reporting tool that simplifies the process of reporting misleading health claims online. With just a few seconds, you can make a complaint to the relevant authority, track reported text in a central database, avoid duplicate complaints, and automatically revisit websites to check for claim removal.

Extension stats

Users: 105 ▼ -6
Rating: 3.67 (3)
Version: 2.1.24 (Last updated: 2022-02-14)
Creation date: 2019-06-11
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • notifications
  • activeTab
Size: 132.10K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

With thousands of misleading health claims on the web and a report to the ASA taking around ten minutes, you likely come across misleading claims all the time but do nothing about them.

FishBarrel is a plugin for Google Chrome that manages the process of making a complaint to a relevant authority so that it takes just a few seconds.

FishBarrel also tracks all text complained about in a central database. When you turn on FishBarrel, any text complained about by other users is automatically highlighted. This helps you avoid time by submitting duplicate complaints.

Finally, FishBarrel can automatically revisit the websites later and check if the claims have been removed.

Watch the demo (full-screen is best), then download it for free below.

User reviews

Fantastic extension. Makes the task of cleaning up the bullshit peddled by quacks that much easier.
by Dave The Drummer, 2012-11-08

Quacks Quake! This tool allows you to quickly report dodgy health claims from websites to the relevant authorities. Marvelous stuff.
by Andy Lewis, 2012-10-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

FishBarrel requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

FishBarrel has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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