Know News

Dynamic fake news detection

What is Know News?

Know News is a dynamic Chrome extension developed by Media Monitoring Africa. It helps users determine the credibility of news sites by applying set criteria. Easily identify if a news site offers credible news or should not be trusted. Assist in identifying credible sites and alert others about un-credible/dodgy news sources.

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Extension stats

By: https://mediamonitoringafrica.org

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 270 ▲ 6

Rating: 4.33 (6)

Version: 0.10.0 (Last updated: 2022-09-23)

Creation date: 2020-06-19

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
notifications
storage
http://*/
https://*/
<all_urls>

Size: 103.42K

Email: wi*****@mma.org.za

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 49076 ▲ 210

Other rankings

#1127 in Social Networking ▲ 5 #5 in news keyword 24 #151 in media keyword 16 ▲ 2 #235 in identify keyword 11 ▼ 5

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Easily see if a news site offers credible news or should not be trusted and is un-credbile/dodgy. If you care about sharing news that is credible download and use this extension to help you identify if the site you are browsing contains credible news or un-credible/dodgy news. We apply set criteria to determine if a news site is credible or not. /assist us by identifying more credible sites but also hep us spot the ones that are un-credible/dodgy so we can alert others. Developed by Media Monitoring Africa, an independent non-profit organisation that promotes media freedom, media quality, and ethical journalism.