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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Stats

By: https://mediamonitoringafrica.org

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Users: 264 ▼ -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

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 48118 ▼ 543

Other rankings

#1028 in Social Networking #12 in news keyword 31 ▲ 9 #190 in identify keyword 52 ▲ 32

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Summary

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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.

User reviews

Great tool

Amanda R, 2018-09-12

Loved it! So cool

Freddie Cronje, 2018-05-03

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Safety

Risk impact

Know News is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Know News if you trust the publisher.