Bias Shield

Name: Bias Shield
Author: Michal Měchura

By: Michal Měchura

Push back against bias in machine translation

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Features & Capabilities

Bias Shield is an extension for your web browser which adds bias-handling features to Google Translate and DeepL Translator. Bias Shield springs into action while you're using one of these online translators and gives you access to the following debiasing tools:

DeBiasByUs: You can use Bias Shield to report gender-biased translations to DeBiasByUs, a project which is collecting a database of gender-biased translations. Also, Bias Shield warns you when the translation you have been given has previously been reported as gender-biased, and offers you an unbiased translation instead (if one is available).

Fairslator: Fairslator is an application which automatically detects and corrects machine translation biases caused by ambiguities in gender and forms of address. Bias Shield plugs Fairslator right into Google Translate and DeepL Translator, so you can use Fairslator's debiasing features without leaving their websites.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Michal Měchura

Daily users:

10 -1

Version:

1.4 Last updated: 2026-03-21

Version code:

6190953

Creation date:

2023-03-13

Risk:

Permissions:

https://xrayapi20220103180040.azurewebsites.net/
https://debiasbyus.ugent.be/

Content scripts matches:

translate.google.com
www.deepl.com

Size:

193.05KB

Email:

mi*****@lexiconista.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-27

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 32,256 ▼ 1,151

Other rankings

#215 in field keyword 17 ▼ 20

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Developed by:

Michal Měchura

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/biasshield/

Email:

mi*****@lexiconista.com

Website:

https://www.biasshield.org/

Is Bias Shield Safe?

Risk impact

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

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: azurewebsites.net, ugent.be, google.com, deepl.com
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Risk likelihood

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Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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